A blogger on a disreputable RW blog? No thanks.
Daryush Valizadeh[2] (born June 14, 1979),
[1] also known as
Roosh Valizadeh,
Roosh V and
Roosh Vorek, is an American blogger, former
pickup artist,
[3][4] and writer connected with the
alt-right. Valizadeh writes on his personal blog
[1] and also owns the
Return of Kings website,
[5] Roosh V Forum,
[6][7] where he published articles by himself and others on related subjects. Valizadeh has self-published more than a dozen sex and travel guides, most of which discuss picking up and having sex with women in specific countries.
[8] His advice, his videos and his writings have received widespread criticism, including accusations of
misogyny,
[9] promotion of
rape,
[10] antisemitism,
[11] homophobia, and having ties to the alt-right.
[12]
Many of Valizadeh's publications have been taken down. On May 30, 2018,
DreamHost took down Kings Wiki.
[13] On September 10, 2018, several of Valizadeh's books were removed from
Amazon.com's self-publishing platform. He was also sanctioned by
YouTube, another source of revenue for him, for violating their rules.
[14] On October 1, 2018, citing a loss of revenue and traffic due to
PayPal's and
Disqus's terminating their partnerships with him, Valizadeh announced
Return of Kings would no longer be publishing new articles.
[15]
In March 2019, Valizadeh
converted to the
Armenian Apostolic Church and condemned
extramarital sex as sinful, also stating that he was embarrassed about the books he wrote in the past.
[12][16]
On May 1, 2021, Valizadeh was baptized into the
Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia (ROCOR) at Jordanville Seminary in Jordanville, New York.
[17]
