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Part One: The Birth of the Manosphere

Behind the Bastards

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The Rise and Fall of the Men's Rights Movement

An early network of misogynist thought leaders were already laying the ground for what would become gamergate and many of the horrors that would come later. One of these thought leaders was a fellow named Theodore Beale, alias Vox Day. He reached prominence as a science fiction author and also as a Nazi. Over the years he has praised Utoia shooter Anders Brevik,. denied the moon landing and the Holocaust and written for the anti-women website Return of Kings. The prominent pickup artist and now Christian fascist, Roosh V. sounds like Tucker Maxx.

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