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We might think we all know who our partners really are. However, they might be hiding certain aspects of their character or some of their values to fit in. It can come as quite a shock to find out the truth about where they really stand by accident.One anonymous woman recently turned to the r/AITAH subreddit for advice after sharing how she broke up with her boyfriend. The author of the post said she discovered that he was an active user of sexist and incel (involuntarily celibate) internet forums. Scroll down for the…

Image via BBC Having pretty much seen and done it all throughout a legendary career, you wouldn’t have thought there’s much that would faze Samuel L. Jackson these days, and yet he still can’t wrap his head around the ongoing backlash pointed in the direction of his Marvel Cinematic Universe co-star Brie Larson. Having shot Kong: Skull Island and Captain Marvel together in quick succession a couple of years back, the dynamic duo have become firm friends in the years since, something that’s even been reflected…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeSamuel L Jackson has shared support for Brie Larson after the Captain America star was the victim of an online abuse campaign.Larson, 33, has appeared alongside Jackson in films such as Kong: Skull Island (2017), Unicorn Store (2017) and Captain Marvel (2019). After being cast as Carol Danvers, aka Captain Marvel, in the popular Marvel superhero franchise, Larson was targeted by online…

A number of online communities and social media influencers engage in misogynistic rhetoric. Incels — short for involuntary celibates — are one of these communities. Credit: Shutterstock A judge in Ontario's Superior Court has ruled that a 2020 attack on a Toronto massage parlor was an incel-inspired act of terror. This is the first time that an incel-related crime has been labeled a terror offense.…

Local police and federal law enforcement believe the shooter who rampaged through a crowded Texas mall leaving at least nine people dead over the weekend regularly viewed and posted far right-wing extremist content on social media and espoused sympathy for Neo-Nazis.The shooter, identified as 33-year-old Mauricio Garcia, was wearing a patch on his chest with the insignia “RWDS,” which authorities believe stands for “Right-Wing Death Squad,” according to multiple reports and an FBI bulletin obtained by Rolling Stone. He…

The federal government has considered Incel actors alongside other domestic terrorists, but the group’s wiki page makes no mention of its past violent attacks.Photo: John Williams RUS (Shutterstock)From the outside, the community of self-described “involuntary celibates” AKA “incels” is depressingly nihilistic as much as it is misogynistic. Beyond the recent reports about so-called “incel culture’s” bogus links to movies like Joker that borders on moral panic, there is something incredibly sad about a group of mostly…

Photo: Aonprom Photo (Shutterstock)Self-described involuntary celibates lurking in the community’s largest forum are escalating their violent rhetoric according to a new report released by the Center for Countering Digital Hate. The report found terms and keywords associated with acts of mass violence on the forum shot up 59% over the past year while approval of sexual violence against women on the site were nearly universal.CCDH researchers analyzed more than a million posts over the past 18 months on the internet’s…