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'''The Incel Project''' (Podcast), or '''INCEL''', is a podcast started in mid-2019 by Naama Kates devoted to the personal stories of various incels. | '''The Incel Project''' (Podcast), or '''INCEL''', is a podcast started in mid-2019 by Naama Kates devoted to the personal stories of various [[incels]]. | ||
==Sympathy== | ==Sympathy== | ||
In a podcast, the podcast's creator says the the extreme incels do not define all of them. She also was very sympathetic to incels in an interview with Honey Badger Radio. | In a podcast, the podcast's creator says the the extreme incels do not define all of them. She also was very sympathetic to incels in an interview with Honey Badger Radio. | ||
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==Problematic language== | ==Problematic language== | ||
The trailer for the podcast contained some harmful and false tropes about incels, including: | The trailer for the podcast contained some harmful and false tropes about incels, including: | ||
*incels being relegated to the [[dark web]] (false, no incel communities have been forced to the | *incels being relegated to the [[dark web]] (false, no [[incel communities]] have been forced to the dark web) | ||
*incels becoming desperate due to alleged deplatforming (false, the deplatforming has been mild and inneffective) | *incels becoming desperate due to alleged deplatforming (false, the deplatforming has been mild and inneffective) | ||
*incels as a singular community (false) | *incels as a singular community (false) | ||
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==Popularity== | ==Popularity== | ||
The podcast got some attention on iTunes, and has 27k+ listeners in only two weeks. It has been featured on the NY Times<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/arts/podcasts-conan-obrien-ivanka-trump.html</ref> and channel 4 UK. | The podcast got some attention on iTunes, and has 27k+ listeners in only two weeks. It has been featured on the NY Times<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/arts/podcasts-conan-obrien-ivanka-trump.html</ref> and channel 4 UK. | ||
== See also == | |||
*[[MSM]] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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[[category:documentaries]] | [[category:documentaries]] | ||