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'''Manosphere''' | '''Manosphere''' | ||
It is argued that PUA communities combined with the internet are ultimately responsible for the rise of the Manosphere in general | It is argued that PUA communities combined with the internet are ultimately responsible for the rise of the Manosphere in general. | ||
'''Roosh V''' | '''Roosh V''' | ||
[[RooshV]] is a blogger and former sex tourist who was a highly influential figure in the manosphere and [[game]] community. | [[RooshV]] is a blogger and former sex tourist who was a highly influential figure in the manosphere and [[game]] community. | ||
After originally coming to prominence in the | After originally coming to prominence in the 2000s as a PUA blogger, the man wrote various books<ref>https://www.rooshvstore.com/all-books/?utm_medium=menu&utm_campaign=organic&utm_source=rv</ref> which detailed apparent sexual conquests in foreign countries and, advised methods of picking up women. Like many manosphere writers, the writing became increasingly political and closer to [[alt-right]] viewpoints in the run-up to the 2016 US presidential elections. | ||
After becoming a born-again Oriental Orthodox Christian, Roosh denounced previous writings | After becoming a born-again Oriental Orthodox Christian, Roosh denounced previous writings and forbade discussion of casual sex on a private forum. | ||
'''Roissy''' | '''Roissy''' | ||
[[Chateau Heartiste|Roissy]] was the sobriquet used by the author of the (now defunct) blog Chateau Heartiste, which was a blog that promoted pick-up artistry (under the name of [[game]]), anti feminist writings, and also increasingly white nationalism, especially during the run up to the 2016 presidential election. | [[Chateau Heartiste|Roissy]] was the sobriquet used by the author of the (now defunct) blog Chateau Heartiste, which was a blog that promoted pick-up artistry (under the name of [[game]]), anti-feminist writings, and also increasingly white nationalism, especially during the run-up to the 2016 presidential election. | ||
'''Puahate.com''' | '''Puahate.com''' | ||
The first website where what we now know as the Blackpill was widely | The first website where what we now know as the Blackpill was widely espoused was the forum [[PSL|puahate.com]], whose original purpose was to expose the lies and scams of the PUA industry, eventually morphing into a manosphere forum where a major theme emerged of women being primarily attracted to a man's [[LMS]] (looks, money, status) in other words objective value to women in opposition to more vague concepts like [[personality]] and [[game]]. Contrary to what some media says, the website, however, was not an incel forum, as there were people of every celibacy status there and there were no subforums on it that self-identified as incel subforums. | ||
'''r/TRP''' | '''r/TRP''' |