In June, Netflix released Dancing for the Devil: The 7M TikTok Cult and in this episode Mike and Merinda talk about the role of performance in social media and cult documentaries. What makes something "real" or "genuine"? Why would a cult recruit TikTok dancers? What sort of stories do we tell about families and cult members?
Content warning: this episode includes discussions of sexual
assault.
Links:
The Cut article about Wilkings and 7m: https://www.thecut.com/2024/06/wilking-sisters-7m-allegations.html
Our Cult Favorites:
Mike: Stoic., a journaling app https://www.getstoic.com/
Merinda: Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374105952/artmonsters
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Production assistance from the Department of Religious
Studies at the University of Alabama. Theme music produced with Udio.
