Alt-Right Pipelines in Wellness

In today's episode, Kate talks about the prevalence of alt-right pipelines in the wellness space online. Kate looks at how seemingly harmless niches such as fitness, clean eating, pilates, and more can quietly serve as pipelines to conservative ideologies. She touches on why conservatives are so good at mobilizing online due to their messaging in seemingly "apolitical niches" and how these subtle pipelines can start to spread more radical sentiments. Kate discusses how algorithms can speed up this radicalization for both young men and women and how to spot these talking points when you scroll on your FYP. Kate touches on the imbalance between liberal and conservative content online and how the Left can start to build out alt-left pipelines to counteract all of the conservative messaging on social media. Resources mentioned: Media Matters: The right dominates the online media ecosystem, seeping into sports, comedy, and other supposedly nonpolitical spaces Up to Speed: The Groundbreaking Science of Women Athletes by Christine Yu  Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, the Certainty of Dying, and Killing Ourselves to Live Longer by Barbara Ehrenreich instagram.com/seamossgirlies instagram.com/kateglavanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.