Self-described involuntary celibates, or incels, have been tied to a handful of mass shootings in the past few years. Blaming women and society in general, they feel that their sex-less lives are a direct result of social progress. Joey is 23 and lives in West Palm Beach. He’s identified as an “incel” since late high school, and, for three years, has moderated an incel chatroom tied to the 4chan board /r9k/. Elle Reeve visits him to learn more about this bizarre, and potentially dangerous, subculture.

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