Arrested Development: Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere and the Boyish Men of the internet
Louis Theroux dives into the lost boys' colony of men’s influencers exposing what instant gratification and a rage economy has left for our young people.
Written by Cameron Cade; edited by Charlotte Lewis
I am always impressed by Louis Theroux as a documentarian. His unjudgemental approach to some truly reprehensible people, leaving them unguarded is fundamental to basically every documentary he does. That skill has never seemed more important than when he deals with the lost boys colony of The Manosphere.
Louis Theroux’s Inside the Manosphere is the iconic English documentarians newest documentary as he falls down the rabbit hole of the “Manosphere”, a collection of right wing influencers who target young men’s insecurities surrounding fitness, dating and finances.
Why is Gen Z Is Bringing Print Back?
With some consumers turning away from their phones and following a “digital detox,” print media seems to be not only benefitting from the change but elevating its presence from informative media to a luxury product. In an era where our consumption of news and art is controlled by algorithms, it feels like readers are slowly turning back to print.
In what Rolling Stone called a “cultural recalibration,” the revival of print media is, according to online sources, consumers responding to an overstimulating digital world. Social media is still an active creative outlet, but it largely depends on what ‘side’ of the algorithm you find yourself on. The constant shift of topics and issues shared online can become an overwhelming aspect of having any kind of online presence whatsoever.