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Culture warlords : my journey into the dark web of white supremacy / Talia Lavin.

Lavin, Tal, (author.).

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"Talia Lavin is every skinhead's worst nightmare: a loud and unapologetic Jewish woman, acerbic, smart, and profoundly anti-racist, with the investigative chops to expose the tactics and ideologies of online hatemongers. CULTURE WARLORDS is the story of how Lavin stumbled into a byzantine online culture of hate, becoming one of the nation's leading experts on how white supremacy proliferates online, who has herself become the frequent target of extremist trolls (including those at Fox News). Some journalists go into war zones in far-away places. Talia traverses war zones on the Internet. In CULTURE WARLORDS, she uncovers the hidden places online where extremists hang out - and exposes a veritable "bestiary of terrible people," as she calls it: Incels. White nationalists. White supremacists. National Socialists. Proud Boys. Christian extremists. You've heard of these groups, but in this book, you will see them in their natural habitat. In stories chock-full of catfishing and gatecrashing, combined with extensive, gut-wrenching research, Talia goes undercover as a blonde Nazi babe and a forlorn incel to infiltrate deep into extremist communities online, including a whites-only dating site where white supremacists try to find romantic connections. She discovers the digital world of disturbingly young extremists, including a white supremacist YouTube channel run by a 14 year old girl with over 800,000 followers. Ultimately, she turns the lens of anti-Semitism, racism, and white power back on itself in an attempt to dismantle and quash the online hate movement's schisms, recruiting tactics, and the threat it represents to the 2020 election and beyond. Shocking, provocative and humorous in equal measure, and with a take-no-prisoners attitude, CULTURE WARLORDS explores some of the vilest subcultures on the Web - and how they're doing their best to break into the mainstream"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780306846434
  • ISBN: 0306846438
  • Physical Description: 273 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
Subject: White supremacy movements > United States.
Online social networks.
Internet > Political aspects.
Hate > Social aspects.
Genre: Personal narratives.
Instructional and educational works.

Available copies

  • 4 of 4 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at North Kansas City.

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  • 0 current holds with 4 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
North Kansas City Public Library 320.569 LAVIN 2020 (Text) 0001002375200 Nonfiction Available -

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Culture Warlords : My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
Culture Warlords : My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy
by Lavin, Talia
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Culture Warlords : My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy


One reporter takes an immersive dive into white supremacy's explosive online presence, exploring the undercurrents of propaganda, racism, misogyny, and history that led us to where we are now. Talia Lavin is every skinhead's worst nightmare: a loud and unapologetic Jewish woman, acerbic, smart, and profoundly antiracist, with the investigative chops to expose the tactics and ideologies of online hatemongers. Culture Warlords is the story of how Lavin, a frequent target of extremist trolls (including those at Fox News), dove into a byzantine online culture of hate and learned the intricacies of how white supremacy proliferates online. Within these pages, she reveals the extremists hiding in plain sight online: Incels. White nationalists. White supremacists. National Socialists. Proud Boys. Christian extremists. In order to showcase them in their natural habitat, Talia assumes a range of identities, going undercover as a blonde Nazi babe, a forlorn incel, and a violent Aryan femme fatale. Along the way, she discovers a whites-only dating site geared toward racists looking for love, a disturbing extremist YouTube channel run by a fourteen-year-old girl with over 800,000 followers, the everyday heroes of the antifascist movement, and much more. By combining compelling stories chock-full of catfishing and gate-crashing with her own in-depth, gut-wrenching research, she also turns the lens of anti-Semitism, racism, and white power back on itself in an attempt to dismantle and decimate the online hate movement from within. Shocking, humorous, and merciless in equal measure, Culture Warlords explores some of the vilest subcultures on the Web-and shows us how we can fight back.

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