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America’s Next Top Model"> How I Survived the Toxic Cult of <em

How I Survived the Toxic Cult of <em

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America’s Next Top Model">How I Survived the Toxic Cult of America’s Next Top Model

Sarah Hartshorne: “I didn’t care how I was represented, as long as I was on TV.”

By Sarah Hartshorne | July 9, 2025

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

A Question of Free Will: Inside the Final Days of Katherine Mansfield

Allison Buccola Complicates Some of Popular Culture's Common Narratives About Cults

By Allison Buccola | May 20, 2025

Leah Sottile on Amy Carlson, aka Mother God, and the Creation of a New Age Cult

Leah Sottile on Amy Carlson, aka Mother God, and the Creation of a New Age Cult

The Author of “Blazing Eye Sees All” Shares a Cautionary Tale of Online Indoctrination

By Leah Sottile | March 26, 2025

Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation

Fictionalizing the Disenfranchisement and Desperation of the Vietnam War Generation

Nicole Cuffy on Immersing Herself in a Hard Chapter of American History

By Nicole Cuffy | March 18, 2025

Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

Lost Boys: On a Hidden Fraternity of the Forsaken in the American West

Jim Mangan and Judith Freeman Chronicle Everyday Life in a Disintegrating Community

By Judith Freeman and Jim Mangan | March 4, 2024

Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

Stories About Myself: The Narratives and Realities of my Childhood in an Urban Commune

The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune ">Pamela Newton Reflects on Alexander Stille's The Sullivanians: Sex, Psychotherapy, and the Wild Life of an American Commune

By Pamela Newton | October 16, 2023

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Timothy Denevi Wanders the Backwaters of the New Conservatism

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How Do Celebrity Conspiracy Theorists Become Who They Are?

Tea Krulos on Richard McCaslin and the Origins of Alex Jones

By Tea Krulos | August 25, 2020

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Searching for Meaning in Times of Despair: A Reading List

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