This paper seeks to establish how the Incel subculture culturally translates to the Mexican context with an interdisciplinary approach which involves a linguistics analysis of mx/Hispachan forum...Show moreThis paper seeks to establish how the Incel subculture culturally translates to the Mexican context with an interdisciplinary approach which involves a linguistics analysis of mx/Hispachan forum data, research into hegemonic masculinity and misogynistic cyberbullying. This article focuses on the divergences between the language of English speaking Incel communities and the jargon of Mexican Incels. Spanish speaking Incel communities are extremely rare and underdeveloped, as a consequence they have not yet been investigated academically. This research demonstrates how Mexican Incel communities express different manifestations of the misogyny and racism they have in common with the global Incel community. The findings of this research highlights online misogyny which is enabled and exacerbated by the growth of spaces such as the manosphere.Show less
Youth radicalization into violent extremism, while frequently studied, is still a fragmented and poorly understood area of research. This study conducts a transdisciplinary critical discourse...Show moreYouth radicalization into violent extremism, while frequently studied, is still a fragmented and poorly understood area of research. This study conducts a transdisciplinary critical discourse analysis modeled after Norman Fairclough’s dialectical-relational approach, aiming to reveal how discourse-producing agents leading different violent extremist movements use discursive strategies to construct a violent extremist collective identity (VECI) that appeals to American youths in differing socio-historical contexts. The findings indicate commonalities in how influential figures use strategies of assimilation and dissimilation to discursively construct identities held together by a narrative of victimhood and a shared desire to overcome that victimhood through counter-hegemonic violence.Show less
