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why are we linked to a 2003 archive when a 1997 snapshot exists? also what evidence do we have going back to 1993? until there is proof this should be ambigous. Internet Archive began 12 May 1996 so we wouldn't have snapshots prior to then though...
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'''Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project''' (AICP) was founded in 1993 | '''Alana's Involuntary Celibacy Project''' (AICP) was founded in either 1993 or 1997 and as such was the second-oldest incel website after [[Alt.support.shyness]]. It was the first incel website to abbreviate the term "involuntary celibacy" coined by [[Antoine Banier]] and thereby use the moniker "incel". It, along with [[Parsimonyforum 3708]], and the usenet groups [[Alt.support.shyness]] and [[Alt.seduction.fast]] formed the initial and primary websites of the [[incelosphere]] in the 1990s. In the 2000's, AICP became the [[You're Not Alone]] forum. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
[[Alana]] created the the site<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/ | [[Alana]] created the the site<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19970525065352/http://www.ncf.carleton.ca/~ad097/ic-home.html 23 May 1997 archive]</ref> as a research project at her college for involuntary celibates in 1997, shortening the [[involuntary celibacy]] term coined by [[Antoine Banier]] (originally calling it "invcel"), but never seemed to assist any published research from the early 90s to now except maybe for the [[Donnelly Study]]. Sometime before May of 1997 she described herself publicly on her website as a 'lesbian' with [[dating]] experience who had been reading a lot of feminist writings.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20030206192844/http://www.ncf.carleton.ca:80/~ad097/invcel.html</ref> Alana started the first [[incel]] 'forum' as a mailing list (forum) later on in 1997. So Alana started the mailing list (the forum) as a lesbian, contrary to some accounts suggesting she stopped considering herself as straight or started [[dating]] *after* the forum was created. In 1997, her site won an award from an LGBT organization. In 1998, users from [[Alt.support.shyness]] were invited to participate in Alana's mailing list. Alana stopped maintaining the site in 2003 and the community and board wwas handed off to someone else who created [[IncelSite.com]] after it started becoming too negative in tone for Alana. | ||
==INVCEL to Incel== | ==INVCEL to Incel== | ||
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==Forum Discussion== | ==Forum Discussion== | ||
There were always problems with what exactly there was to talk about, but it’s safe to say they we were all unhappy with the consistent lack of sexual and/or | There were always problems with what exactly there was to talk about, but it’s safe to say they we were all unhappy with the consistent lack of sexual and/or romantic lives. Whatever the discussions of terms and definitions, the term, "Incel", was adopted and they seemed to have an intuitive understanding of what it meant. Additionally, in the early years, one didn’t have to be a virgin to be Incel. They based this off of another early researcher, Dr. Donnelly, who stated this: "we define the involuntary celibate as one who desires to have sex, but has been unable to find a willing partner for at least 6 months prior to being surveyed."<ref>Involuntary Celibacy: A Life Course Analysis | ||
romantic lives. Whatever the discussions of terms and definitions, the term, "Incel", was adopted and they seemed to have an intuitive understanding of what it meant. Additionally, in the early years, one didn’t have to be a virgin to be Incel. They based this off of another early researcher, Dr. Donnelly, who stated this: "we define the involuntary celibate as one who desires to have sex, but has been unable to find a willing partner for at least 6 months prior to being surveyed."<ref>Involuntary Celibacy: A Life Course Analysis | |||
Author(s): Denise Donnelly, Elisabeth Burgess, Sally Anderson, Regina Davis and Joy Dillard | Author(s): Denise Donnelly, Elisabeth Burgess, Sally Anderson, Regina Davis and Joy Dillard | ||
Source: The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 38, No. 2 (May, 2001), pp. 159-169</ref> | Source: The Journal of Sex Research, Vol. 38, No. 2 (May, 2001), pp. 159-169</ref> | ||
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Compared to today’s Incel boards, the overall tone of the conversation was different: Incel was not a permanent thing, and women were part of the Incel community. Because of this, fatalistic and defeatist attitudes as well as misogyny and anti-feminism weren’t as pervasive as they are now. But there still was negativity and Alana left. At this point in time, self-describing as incel wasn’t a negative thing even though the state of being incel was negative. It remained that way for over a decade, which ranged from the end of the 90s to the end of the 2000s. | Compared to today’s Incel boards, the overall tone of the conversation was different: Incel was not a permanent thing, and women were part of the Incel community. Because of this, fatalistic and defeatist attitudes as well as misogyny and anti-feminism weren’t as pervasive as they are now. But there still was negativity and Alana left. At this point in time, self-describing as incel wasn’t a negative thing even though the state of being incel was negative. It remained that way for over a decade, which ranged from the end of the 90s to the end of the 2000s. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
{{Defunct Incel Forums}} | {{Defunct Incel Forums}} | ||
[[Category:Incelosphere]] | [[Category:Incelosphere]] | ||