infinite scroll Looksmaxxing: How the Male Glow-Up Became BlackPilled
In this week's episode, I explore the ties between TikTok's popular looksmaxxing trend and incel culture. I cover what looksmaxxing is, how it became popular among boys and young men, and the incel ideology that underpins this trend.
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Timestamps:
3:27 What is looksmaxxing & why is it popular on TikTok?
8:40 What does incel mean?
11:33 Core beliefs of incels: appearance-based hierarchy, misogyny & pill theory
19:00 The ties between looksmaxxing & inceldom
Resources:
https://www.tiktok.com/@syrianpsycho
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9780135/
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45284455“
https://incels.wiki/w/Looks_theory
https://incels.wiki/images/e/ee/Okcupid.png
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/male-messaging-curve.png
https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/female-messaging-curve.png
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/06/style/looksmaxxing-tik-tok-dillon-latham.html
Solea, A.I., Sugiura, L. Mainstreaming the Blackpill: Understanding the Incel Community on TikTok. Eur J Crim Policy Res 29, 311–336 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09559-5
https://looksmax.org/threads/complete-guide-to-psl-ratings.379179/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7xmaze/learn-to-decode-the-secret-language-of-the-incel-subculture
https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/incels-in-australia-the-ideology-the-threat-and-a-way-forward/