From femcels to 'femcelcore': Women's involuntary celibacy and the rise of heteronihilism

Traces the shift from the original femcel community that emerged on Reddit in 2018 — despairing, nihilistic discussion among women self-identifying as involuntarily celibate — to the ironic TikTok aesthetic of 'femcelcore.' Situates femceldom within a 'femosphere' that mirrors the fatalistic, gender-essentialist, 'red-pilled' logics of the manosphere.