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On May 23, 2014, Elliot Rodger fatally stabbed his two roommates and one of their friends in their Santa Barbara-area apartment, then went on a driving and shooting rampage through nearby Isla Vista, California, killing three more people and injuring 14 others before taking his own life. In the aftermath of the horrific crime, the 22-year-old became the face of the “incel” movement, short for “involuntary celibates,” the violent, angry men who blame women for their lack of sexual and romantic success. But in a lengthy piece at Mother Jones, Mark Follman argues the media simply latched onto tha…

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