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I interviewed 11 incels: this is what I learned. (2024)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2024. I interviewed 11 incels: this is what I learned. Metro [online], 18 December 2024. Available from: https://metro.co.uk/2024/12/18/interviewed-11-incels-this-learned-22183966/

Short for involuntary celibates, incels are men who believe a combination of their bad genes and modern feminism have left them romantically/sexually destitute. In short, they consider themselves scientifically unloveable. As a psychologist, I find i... Read More about I interviewed 11 incels: this is what I learned..

Why would anyone join the "nofap" movement? (2023)
Newspaper / Magazine
SMITH, D.S. 2023. Why would anyone join the "nofap" movement? Current affairs [online], 30 January 2023. Available from: https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/2023/01/making-sense-of-nofap-culture

In this contribution to "Current Affairs", the author explains the theory behind the "nofap" challenge, in which participants don't masturbate or watch porn. It has grown into a large online movement. The author explores the gender politics of these... Read More about Why would anyone join the "nofap" movement?.