#8: The Femcel: Part I

In this episode, I talk about the first character who actively scares me: The Femcel.In Part I, we define what a Femcel actually is: an aesthetic? Alt-right? Is she actually celibate? Is it involuntarily? Join me as we chart the demise of the Millennial Slut and the SHEconomy, as a new generation of chronically online sadgirls embrace performative – and actual? – sexlessness. In an era where everyone is beautiful and no one is horny, where heterosexuality is deemed ‘embarrassing’ and female loneliness is on the rise, is the Femcel really a cute feminine dream, or is she a symptom of a bigger, and much scarier, cultural reality?Show Notes:Femcel by Aesthetics Fandom Wikir/psychologyofsex “Femcels”The Rise of Femcels by The Hook UpThe woman who founded the ‘incel’ movement by BBCAdjacent characters: The Hetero-optimistMy thoughts on the ‘having a boyfriend is embarrassing’ discourseShe’s Not Celibate – She’s Boysober by The New York Times2025 Was the Year Single Women Chose Themselves by Voguer/FemaleDatingStrategyEveryone is Beautiful and No One is Horny by RS BenedictThe Sex Recession by Andrea MizrahiRise of the SHEconomy by Morgan StanleyMarried moms twice as likely to be be ‘very happy’ than single childless women by YouGovMaterialists (2025)Sophie as a tragic character by @marmaryeesa2026i want to be a girl in love again by Ismene Ormonde