“Black pill” enters incel forum vocabulary for claims that dating outcomes are fixed.
'Black pill' terminology appears on incel forums
Event Not yet reviewed This page has not yet been through the automated review pipeline.Within involuntary-celibate online communities, 'black pill' names a set of claims that dating outcomes are determined by physical appearance and cannot be changed. The Anti-Defamation League traces the earliest use it located to a 2011 comment on the blog Omega Virgin Revolt; the peer-reviewed literature describes the term's meaning without dating its emergence.
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Preston, K., Halpin, M., & Maguire, F. (2021). The Black Pill: New Technology and the Male Supremacy of Involuntarily Celibate Men. Men and Masculinities, 24(5), 823-841. Peer-reviewed source for what 'black pill' means within incel forums. The article gives no date for the term's emergence.
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Anti-Defamation League. The Extremist Medicine Cabinet: A Guide to Online 'Pills'. (2019). Traces the term to a 2011 comment on the blog Omega Virgin Revolt — the basis for the year recorded on this entry.
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'Black pill' terminology appears on incel forums
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