172. Brandy Melville to Facebook: Cultish Traits in Popular Culture – Insights from 'Cultish', Amanda Montell’s book.

Emma and Kiki Canny return to join their mom, Yo, to talk about Cults based on the book, Cultish, The Language of Fanaticism. The topics of cults was interesting to all three of us as we’re a family that really enjoys Dateline together.   Topics we covered: Why Emma recommended the Book Use of Language in cults Brandy Melville, Soul Cycle, Facebook, Podcasts, Multi-level Marketing, & Sororities Characteristics of cults & 3 levels: Charismatic Leader Indoctrination Group Mentality Control Tactics Us vs them Mentality Rituals and Practices Financial Exploitation 3 Levels of cults: Live Your Life Watch Your Back Get the “F’ Out Three takeaways from the episode: 1.   Language is likely to be the first thing we’re willing to change about ourselves and the last thing to leave when being influenced by cultish organizations or personalities. 2.   No all cultish organizations are bad and it’s good to evaluate them on a 3-level categorization. 3.   As we search for connection and belonging we need to be aware of the different characteristics of cultish behavior.   Mentioned in the episode:   Amanda Montell’s Book: Cultish, The Language of Fanaticism Sounds like a Cult Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sounds-like-a-cult/id1566917047   Cult of Military Wives: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-cult-of-military-wives/id1566917047?i=1000633196837   Brandy Melville documentary: https://www.hbo.com/movies/brandy-hellville-and-the-cult-of-fast-fashion   LuLaRoe https://www.lularoe.com/   LuLaRoe Documentary https://www.amazon.com/LuLaRich-Season-1/dp/B09CFXPNSX   Ep. 171 Building Connections: Lessons from Chi Omega Sorority Sisters and 'Together' by Vivek Murthy, MD https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/mIX4urcFKKb    Ep. 170 about Isolation: Species Loneliness: Understanding Our Need for Animal Connections – Insights from Richard Louv’s Book, Our Wild Calling. https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/atL7pscFKKb    Ways to reach us:   Our website: www.girltaketheleadpod.com  You can send a message or voicemail there. We’d love to hear from you!   email: [email protected] (Emma) [email protected] (Kiki)  [email protected] (Yo)   FB group: Girl, Take the Lead https://www.facebook.com/groups/272025931481748/?ref=share   IG: yocanny (Yo) leatherboundgremlin (Emma) keeks.ters (Kiki)   LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yocanny/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmacanny/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/kikicanny/