By Nithilan Balachander (26A01C)

The manosphere and incel culture are two of the most widely discussed topics of the 2020s. The sudden rise of Andrew Tate served as perhaps a watershed moment. For media outlets, coverage of incels and incel-related violence all but guarantees easy clicks. (Did you notice the title of this article perchance?) But, despite all of that, the general public has a really poor understanding of what the manosphere is beyond “incels are weird and possibly dangerous” and “oh, the Andrew Tate stuff?”.

In such a landscape comes “Adolescence”: a Netflix series that is about an ultimately dangerous 13-year-old incel that, beyond using the topic for shock value and views, tries to raise awareness about it. I absolutely loved the show, and here’s why you should watch it.