I'm so happy I did that

So happy that you sit at home alone and monologue into a camera instead of discussing your day with your husband?

So happy that you don't have children, while crying to your dog every night?

So happy that you try to convince younger women to sabotage their own lives and be as miserable as you are?

So happy you sit around and apply artificial veneers, because you know that no one wants the "real you"?

So happy that you focused on yourself all those years?

So happy that you feel the need to convince other women that you're so happy?

You're not happy. Your life is based on yourself and your own happiness, which does not lead to happiness. It cannot. I can show you a few very happy women, genuinely content. Coincidentally, none of them sit around thinking (or making videos) about their own happiness.

This gal went to travel the world by herself and was surprised her boyfriend broke up with her and moved on with his life? Jeez I wonder why... It's like they expect men to be a screwdriver they can toss into a toolbox and forget about until they need it again.

Also, great advice to address 20-30 year olds with. She's in a position that literally no woman wants to be in (40yo and craving a relationship but still single) yet her message boils down to blaming men for her outcome, and taking zero accountability for the fact that the men that failed her were the ones she chose. Complete cognitive dissonance for her to hope she can still pick a good man at 40 when she couldn't at 20 or 30, and without doing any self-reflection of how she got to where she is. It's the quintessential "things just happen to me" approach to life that so many women love, but keeps them repeating the same mistakes over and over.

In Brazil there is a pseudonymous author whose name has circulated in men's online communities for over twenty years: Nessahan Alita. Between 2002 and 2009 he wrote a series of essays on love, relationships and the psychology of the sexes, and gave them away for free as PDFs. They never went through a publisher, and his real identity has never been confirmed.

Despite that, his books became foundational texts of the Brazilian manosphere. They spread first through Orkut communities in the early 2000s, then through Facebook groups, YouTube channels and audiobooks. Academic researchers studying the movement describe him as a kind of "guru" who "helped form a generation of antifeminists in Brazil." Until now, his work existed only in Portuguese.

I've translated all seven of his books into English. They are typeset to follow the original editions, footnotes included:

• Man's Suffering in Love (his main series):
  • How to Deal with Women
  • The Profane Feminine
  • The War of Passion
  • Masculine Reflections on Woman and Love
• Magnetism in Social Relations, his first essay, on manipulation and self-mastery, inspired by Eliphas Lévi
• Supplementary Texts and Supplementary Texts II

What makes him different from most dating-advice writers is the mix. He combines relationship strategy (emotional indifference, "cornering," the "continuity of male interest") with ideas drawn from Gurdjieff, Jung, Schopenhauer and Western esotericism. His recurring theme is less about "winning" women and more about men mastering their own passions so they can't be manipulated. He insisted his books were philosophical essays, not seduction manuals.

Fair warning: these are polemical books, and many readers and researchers consider them misogynistic. The translation is faithful: nothing has been softened or edited to fit anyone's views. Read them critically and judge for yourself.

? Free PDFs, a summary of each book and background on the author: https://github.com/the-true-return/nessahan-alita-books

I'd love to hear what an English-speaking audience makes of him. Does he hold up next to the authors you know? Is he ahead of his time, or a product of it? Feedback on the translation is also welcome, either as GitHub issues or in the discussion thread linked in the README.