Angela Nagle(born 1984)[1]is an American-born Irish academic[2]and non-fiction writer who has written forThe Baffler,[3]Jacobin,[4]and others. She is the author of the bookKill All Normies,published byZero Booksin 2017, which discusses the role of the internet in the rise of thealt-rightandincelmovements.[2][5][6][7]Nagle describes the alt-right as a dangerous movement but also criticizes aspects of the left that she says have contributed to the alt-right's rise.[2]Since 2021, she has been publishing articles on a wide range of personal, political and cultural topics via the online publishing platformSubstack.
Angela Nagle | |
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 Nagle in 2017 | |
| Born | 1984 (age 39–40)[1] Texas,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Dublin City University |
| Genre | Non-Fiction |
| Notable works | Kill All Normies |
Early life and education
editNagle was born inHouston, Texas,to Irish parents, then grew up inDublin, Ireland.She graduated fromDublin City Universitywith aPhDfor a thesis titled "An investigation into contemporary online anti-feminist movements".[8]
Alt-right and culture wars
editNagle's bookKill All Normies: Online Culture Wars from 4chan and Tumblr to Trump and the Alt-Rightdiscusses the role of the internet in the rise of thealt-rightandincelmovements.[2][5][7]She describes the alt-right as a counterculture of young men who reject taboos on race and gender.[2]While many young people in the alt-right started simply as trolls, she says the movement has developed into something much more serious.[2]While she supports identity politics in general, she says that some on the left have contributed to the rise of the alt-right with their "performative wokeness", which often involves censoring dissidents and ganging up on them.[2]She has also expressed concerns about "thewokecultural revolution sweeping Irish society ".[9]
The book received many positive reviews, and Nagle became a welcome commentator on the topic of online culture wars.[10]ColumnistRoss DouthatofThe New York Timespraised Nagle's "portrait of the online cultural war".[11]AnotherNew York Timescontributor,Michelle Goldberg,wrote thatKill All Normieshad "captured this phenomenon".[12]NovelistGeorge SaunderslistedKill All Normiesas one of his ten favorite books.[13]Fusion TV's documentaryTrumpland: Kill All Normiesdirected by Leighton Woodhouse was based on the Nagle's book.[14]
In May 2018,The Daily BeastandLibcom.orgaccused Nagle of "sloppy sourcing", including not citing sources and drawing heavily fromWikipediaandRationalWiki.[10][15]Nagle and her publisher both issued detailed statements rebutting the accusations, andThe Daily Beastadjusted some of the article's wording.[10]
Open borders
editIn November 2018,American Affairspublished Nagle's essay "The Left Case againstOpen Borders",in which she voicedopposition to immigrationfrom a left-wing perspective.[16]The Nationresponded with a critical essay, calling it "just one of the volley of pieces by liberals and people to the left of center who have derided the out-of-touch utopianism of open-borders advocates."[17]AuthorAtossa Araxia Abrahamianidentifies former Harvard presidentLarry Summers,authorJohn Judis,and former secretary of stateHillary Clintonas others promoting similar views.[17]
Writing inThe Independent,Slovenian philosopher and academicSlavoj Žižekcommented on the "ferocious attacks on Angela Nagle for her outstanding essay."[18]American cultural theorist and authorCatherine Liudefended Nagle, considering her to be "one of the brightest lights in a new generation of left writers and thinkers who have declared their independence from intellectual conformity".[19]Reaffirming her support for unorthodox leftism, in the summer of 2020 Nagle and anti-establishment liberalMichael Traceyco-wrote a long form piece in the journalAmerican Affairs.[20]
Bibliography
edit- Nagle, Angela (2013)."Not Quite Kicking Off Everywhere: Feminist Notes on Digital Liberation"(PDF).Internet Research, Theory, and Practice: Perspectives from Ireland:157–175 – via ERIC Clearinghouse.
- Nagle, Angela (2017).Kill All Normies: Online Culture Wars From 4Chan And Tumblr To Trump And The Alt-Right.Alresford, UK: Zero Books.ISBN978-1-78-535543-1.
References
edit- ^ab"Angela Nagle".transcript-verlag.de.Retrieved5 February2019.
- ^abcdefgNagle, Angela (12 August 2017)."The roots of the alt-right".Vox(Interview). Interviewed by Illing, Sean.Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2021.Retrieved14 March2018.
- ^"Angela Nagle".The Baffler.5 March 2016.Retrieved14 March2018.
- ^"Angela Nagle".jacobinmag.15 August 2017.Retrieved14 March2018.
- ^abGais, Hannah (6 July 2017)."What the Alt-Right Learned from the Left".The New Republic.Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2021.Retrieved14 March2018.
- ^Liu, Catherine (30 July 2017)."Dialectic of Dark Enlightenments: The Alt-Right's Place in the Culture Industry".Los Angeles Review of Books.Archivedfrom the original on 31 July 2017.Retrieved14 March2018.
- ^abMacDougald, Park (13 July 2017)."The Unflattering Familiarity of the Alt-Right in Angela Nagle'sKill All Normies".New York.Archivedfrom the original on 9 July 2021.Retrieved28 November2018.
- ^Angela, Nagle (November 2015)."An investigation into contemporary online anti-feminist movements".doras.dcu.ie.Archived fromthe originalon 9 March 2018.Retrieved14 March2018.
- ^Nagle, Angela (12 July 2020)."Will Ireland survive the Woke Wave?".UnHerd.Retrieved14 December2021.
- ^abcDavis, Charles (20 May 2018)."Sloppy Sourcing Plagues 'Kill All Normies' Alt-Right Book".The Daily Beast.Retrieved28 November2018.
- ^"Opinion | Columnists' Book Club".The New York Times.14 December 2017.Retrieved28 November2018.
- ^Goldberg, Michelle (11 May 2018)."Opinion | How the Online Left Fuels the Right".The New York Times.Retrieved28 November2018.
- ^Saunders, George."George Saunders's 10 Favorite Books".Vulture.Retrieved28 November2018.
- ^"Trumpland: Kill All Normies".IMDb.Retrieved1 December2020.
- ^Harman, Mike (3 May 2013)."Angela Nagle's Plagiarise Any Nonsense".libcom.org.Retrieved15 December2021.
{{cite web}}:CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^"The Left Case against Open Borders".20 November 2018.
- ^abAbrahamian, Atossa Araxia (28 November 2018)."There Is No Left Case for Nationalism".The Nation.ISSN0027-8378.Retrieved10 January2019.
- ^"The yellow vest protesters revolting against centrism mean well – but their left wing populism won't change French politics".Independent.co.uk.17 December 2018.Archivedfrom the original on 7 May 2022.
- ^Liu, Catherine (30 July 2017)."Dialectic of Dark Enlightenments: The Alt-Right's Place in the Culture Industry".Los Angeles Review of Books.Retrieved14 December2021.
- ^Tracey, Angela Nagle, Michael (20 May 2020)."First as Tragedy, Then as Farce: The Collapse of the Sanders Campaign and the" Fusionist "Left".American Affairs Journal.Retrieved23 July2024.
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Further reading
edit- "A Q&A with 'Kill All Normies' author Angela Nagle".The Irish Times.Retrieved14 March2018.