Language, Ideology and Zeitgeist Updates Much online discussion this year has addressed the baleful influence of the manosphere and incels on new language, and perhaps also on new attitudes and digital behaviour. Lucy Knight gathered together the strands of the debates for a feature in the Guardian, and asked me to contribute. Her article is here… https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/jun/06/mogging-is-suddenly-everywhere-is-that-a-problem?CMP=share_btn_url In May I was contacted by Dazed magazine for a piece on the same subject, but I declined in deference to the acknowledged authority on these cultural mutations. Author Thom Waite duly took his cues from Adam Aleksic rather than me… https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dazeddigital.com%2Flife-culture%2Farticle%2F69637%2F1%2Flanguage-looksmaxxing-jestergooning-incel-4chan-clavicular-adam-aleksic&data=05%7C02%7Ctony.thorne%40kcl.ac.uk%7Cf3eb4069e3474e7997fe08dec5556e53%7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654…
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