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Cults Going Corporate: Why The NXIVM Story Feels So Familiar
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(TV)
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... acting as a propagandist for a cult leader.
No one thinks they’re signing up for a cult is the echoing refrain throughout The Vow, the HBO documentary series chronicling the rise and fall of the sex ...
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Created on 10 December 2020
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5 Witchy Book Recommendations From BUST's Favorite Occult Expert Kristen J. Sollée
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(Books)
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... ancient pagan orgies to Aleister Crowley, kicking things off with the subtly titled first chapter: “A Dildo for a Witch.”
2. Plants of the Devil by Corinne Boyer
Shortly after I began reading this ...
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Created on 23 October 2020
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Is This Fake News?: The BUST Guide to Media Literacy
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(Living)
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... amid an onslaught of “misinformation, fake news, and rank propaganda.” Otero agrees. “Lateral reading is the number-one thing that people can do to help differentiate what’s likely true or false,” she ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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Why Is Poland Getting Rid of Protections Against Domestic Violence?
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(Feminism)
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... election campaign.
According to data collected by the activist-organization, Atlas of Hate, a third of Polish local municipalities have adopted resolutions “against LGBT propaganda” or “pro-family, ...
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Created on 03 August 2020
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Welcome to WitchTok, The Meeting Place For Gen Z and Millennial Magick
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(Entertainment)
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... has been practicing witchcraft for seven years and describes herself as an Eclectic Neopagan (pulling from a variety of different open practices), noted that the only other similar communities that have ...
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Created on 24 July 2020
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Drawing Vaginas Can Get You Jailed in Russia
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(Arts)
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... 2019 and put on house arrest two days later, charged with “production and dissemination of pornographic materials.” She was also accused of spreading “homosexual propaganda” to minors and was later fine ...
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Created on 13 July 2020
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Why Do Anti-Maskers Keep Co-Opting “My Body, My Choice" For Their Own Agenda?
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(Living)
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... against women – yet, time and time again, it has been co-opted by the right. This is a tactic NARAL has identified as a textbook move in the “Anti-Choice Propaganda Playbook.” We saw this little trick ...
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Created on 02 July 2020
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How To Add Magical Intent To Your Spring Cleaning Routine
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(DIY)
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... March 19th and 21st. But you can adopt some of these pagan-inspired procedures any time you feel like transforming your cleaning routine into a more meditative self-care practice.
The key to cleaning ...
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Created on 20 March 2020
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Ugandan Feminist Released From 18 Months in Prison for “Cyber Harassment” Charge
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(Feminism)
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... She Was Arrested
Pussy Riot Video Shoot Shut Down By Russian Police For Promoting “Gay Propaganda"
This Russian Artist Is Facing Six Years In Prison For LGBTQ+ Rights Instagram Posts ...
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Created on 24 February 2020
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10.
Pussy Riot Video Shoot Shut Down by Russian Police for Promoting “Gay Propaganda” ...
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(Music)
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The Russian police just shut down production on Pussy Riot’s new music video, citing “extremism” and “gay propaganda,” among other things. The group, known for their feminist anthems, was shooting a ...
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Created on 10 February 2020
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Natasha Lyonne On Millennials, Maintaining Independence In Relationships, Healthy Adult Friendships, And "Russian Doll": BUST Interview
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(TV)
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... who, like myself, didn’t fit into whatever assembly line propaganda it is we’re told to adhere to.”
GUCCI COAT, SHIRT, AND SHORTS; ANNA KARIN KARLSSON GLASSES; GIUSEPPE ZANOTTI SHOES
Much of Russian ...
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Created on 04 February 2020
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12.
This Vagina Goddess Is The Best Ancient Symbol You've Never Heard Of
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(Arts)
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... ancient roots? One clue comes to us via the writings of Clement of Alexandria, a Christian writer who penned an essay called the “Exhortation to the Greeks” (aka “Exhortation Against the Pagans” and “Exhortatio ...
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Created on 30 January 2020
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This Russian Artist is Facing Six Years in Prison for LGBTQ+ Rights Instagram Posts
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(Arts)
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... 800 US dollars) under the charges of distributing “propaganda of non-traditional sexual relations among minors” (despite the fact that her accounts were clearly labled at 18+ due to Russian law) as well ...
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Created on 17 January 2020
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14.
5 Travel Vloggers Of Color You Should Be Following Right Now
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(Living)
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... Vietnam, Cheer takes her viewers along on her adventures and sometimes does sit-down chats with guests on personal topics such as polyamory, bisexuality, and paganism.
Ms.Blackoreanlady Tonya ...
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Created on 17 January 2020
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Why Women Are Rejecting the Term "Anti-Aging"
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(Living)
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... They passed down valuable skills, like how to grind quinoa into flour and then transform it into homemade bread.
However, when the Romans arrived, they eradicated pagan, female-centric religions — an ...
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Created on 22 November 2019
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The Subtle Misogyny of Christian Girl Youtube
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(Feminism)
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... this dangerous propaganda most clearly. In her homophobic manifesto “Same-Sex Attraction and the Christian Girl,” Kristen targets young women who are experiencing their first sexual desires towards other ...
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Created on 04 November 2019
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17.
How American Women Fell In Love With Halloween
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(Living)
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According to an 1886 Harper’s Bazaar article giving “Suggestions for a Halloween Party,” how the holiday “originated, or what connection it had with pagan rites or Druidical ceremonies” was not ...
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Created on 31 October 2019
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Here's Why Ocasio-Cortez's Supporters Are Boycotting ABC
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(Feminism)
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... allowed Heng’s propaganda a pass.
Rep. Ilhan Omar has also weighed in on the PAC ad, tweeting earlier this morning that ABC representatives “need to pull this garbage off the air and issue an apology ...
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Created on 13 September 2019
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Trump’s Racism Has Always Been Indisputable, Now It’s Becoming Even More Blatant
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(General)
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... nativism to loyalty. He uses the preferred rhetorical strategy of propaganda machines—us vs. them, "our government” vs. “their own country,” "the greatest and most powerful Nation on earth" vs. "the wor ...
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Created on 15 July 2019
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20.
“Red Joan” Fails To Capture The Nuance Of Melita Norwood’s Life
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(Movies)
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... purges, where, of course, only Joan is wise enough to question Soviet propaganda. After graduating, Joan works as a research assistant for nuclear scientist Max (Stephen Campbell Moore), the only man who ...
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Created on 28 June 2019
