Blackpill.

In radical men's rights and Incel communities, devotion to the cause is measured in pills.

The opiate of the masses, keeping men docile and compliant while women reap all the rewards. A carefully constructed lie woven by society, a grand deception designed to keep men enslaved to a false narrative of love, relationships, and gender dynamics. The comforting delusion that hard work, kindness, and a good personality are enough to attract a partner.

This is the BLUE PILL.

The realization that women are inherently hypergamous, driven only by superficial desires for status, wealth, and physical attractiveness in men. The bitter "truth” that declares men are divided into an "alpha" elite who effortlessly attract women and a vast majority of "betas" doomed to loneliness and rejection.

This is the RED PILL.

The final, crushing truth. Not just that the game is rigged, but that there is no game. You were never meant to play. Your fate is sealed at birth – genetics, status, the roll of the dice you never got to throw. Self-improvement is a lie, effort a cruel joke. There is no escape, no redemption, only the cold certainty of eternal loneliness. Hope is dead. You are already dead. The only way out is through self-annihilation or violent uprising.

This is the BLACKPILL.

As online-based misogynistic hate communities grow both in size and vitriol, embittered members are designing increasingly effective ways to recruit and radicalise young boys behind the protection of relative anonymity.

Paracosm’s BLACKPILL. unveils the systems by which these communities access and indoctrinate young boys. Using a combination of devised and collected archival text, it casts a harsh light on the quick trip from innocent searches for ‘gym tips’ or ‘how do I talk to girls’ into a cyber chasm the true depths of which most people are entirely unaware.