WOn June 17, 2019, a shooting occurred at the Earle Cabell Federal Building and Courthouse in Dallas, Texas, United States. No law enforcement officers or civilians were injured in the shooting, though one person sustained a superficial injury when she was taking cover. The shooter, identified as Brian Isaack Clyde, was then shot and killed by one or more federal officers.
WJack Donovan is a masculist, writer, and speaker. Beginning in 2010, Donovan was an influential figure in the alt-right until he disavowed the movement in 2017. He also formerly led a chapter of the Norse neopagan Wolves of Vinland, and was a member of the group from 2014 to 2018.
WThe 2014 Isla Vista killings were a series of deadly attacks in Isla Vista, California. On the evening of May 23, Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others – by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ramming – near the campus of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), then killed himself.
WJesus Strikes Back: Judgment Day is a single-player third-person shooter developed and published by 2Genderz Productions. Released in early 2019, the game garnered controversy for graphic violence targeted against left-leaning people, LGBT people, and others discriminated against by the alt-right.
WThe Male State is a Russian officially unregistered men's movement, declaring the ideas of patriarchy and nationalism, created by Vladislav Pozdnyakov in 2016 within the framework of a closed community on the social network VKontakte. The movement's activities are mainly carried out in the Internet environment: community members are engaged in bullying, threats and persecution of women and LGBT people. In 2020, the "Male State" community was blocked by the VKontakte administration for "incitement to violent action".
WMen Going Their Own Way is an anti-feminist, misogynistic, mostly online community advocating for men to separate themselves from women and from a society which they believe has been destroyed by feminism. The community is a part of the manosphere, a collection of anti-feminist websites and online communities that also includes the men's rights movement, incels, and pickup artists.
WThe Proud Boys is a far-right, neo-fascist, chauvinist, and exclusively male white nationalist organization that promotes and engages in political violence in the United States and Canada.
WThe terms "red pill" and "blue pill" refer to a choice between the willingness to learn a potentially unsettling or life-changing truth, by taking the red pill, or remaining in contented ignorance with the blue pill. The terms refer to a scene in the 1999 film The Matrix.
WDaryush Valizadeh, also known as Roosh Valizadeh, Roosh V and Roosh Vorek, is an American blogger, former pickup artist, and writer connected with the alt-right. Valizadeh writes on his personal blog and also owns the Return of Kings website, Roosh V Forum, where he published articles by himself and others on related subjects. Valizadeh has self-published more than a dozen sex and travel guides, most of which discuss picking up and having sex with women in specific countries. His advice, his videos and his writings have received widespread criticism, including accusations of misogyny, promotion of rape, antisemitism, and having ties to the alt-right.
WThe 2018 Tallahassee shooting took place at the Tallahassee, Florida, yoga studio Tallahassee Hot Yoga on November 2, 2018. The gunman shot six women, two fatally, and pistol-whipped a man before killing himself.
WThe Toronto van attack was a misogynist terrorist vehicle-ramming attack that occurred on April 23, 2018, when a rented van was driven along Yonge Street through the North York City Centre business district in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, by Alek Minassian. The driver targeted pedestrians, killing 10 and injuring 16, some critically. The incident is the deadliest vehicle-ramming attack in Canadian history.