Insells are not simply angry that they can't afford to buy women. There there's an anger that this thing, love and romance, has been brought under capitalist relations. The grievance politics of flailing white masculinity have served as a gateway to the more overt grievance politics of ethno nationalism. Why is it that internet based mesagene is such a useful entry way for broader right wing politics?
What are the politics of sex? Incels, porn, sexual racism, the feminist sex wars, and more. Philosopher Amia Srinivasan on her new essay collection The Right to Sex: Feminism in the Twenty-First Century.
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