Culture Study Podcast How the Manosphere Fuels Climate Change Denial
Oct 15, 2025
Daniel Penny, a journalist and host of Non-Toxic, delves into the explosive connection between the manosphere and climate change denial. He explains how ideals of virility and control fuel anti-environmental sentiments. Penny examines the gendering of nature and how male socialization transforms climate anxiety into anger and conspiracy. He discusses petromasculinity's impact on identity, the fear surrounding electric vehicles, and the politicization of climate action, which many misinterpret as a threat to their liberties.
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Podcast Art As Manosphere Satire
- Daniel describes the Carbon Bros cover: a pickup with a Chad, Pepe, oil derricks, red pills, meat, and a plume of black smoke.
- Zooming shows the derricks spouting sperm, an intentional manosphere hellscape.
Manosphere Is A Meme-Driven Ecosystem
- The manosphere clusters diverse male grievance cultures into a single online ecosystem driven by memes and personalities.
- Daniel Penny ties this culture to climate denial and a broader backlash against social change.
Gendered Responses To Environmental Grief
- Climate anxiety often gets gendered: men may avoid grief while women openly process connection to nature.
- Penny links suppressed vulnerability to anger and sometimes violent expressions instead of collective action.
