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Madeleina Kay

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MA Research Paper - Cults of Scale: How Art Can Support Recovery from the Abuse of Power

Psychological manipulation tactics are deployed by totalitarian governments, cult leaders and narcissistic domestic abusers with the sole...

Madeleina Kay

Oct 265 min read

THE LAST BOOK: Cults Inside Out – Rick Alan Ross

This was the last book I needed to read before tackling the final draft of my research paper. I skim read most of it as it was quite...

Madeleina Kay

Oct 144 min read

Cultish – The Language of Fanaticism, Amanda Montell

This book was interesting and included some relevant points on the language of cults to incorporate in my research paper. I really hated...

Madeleina Kay

Sep 410 min read

Combating Cult Mind Control – Steven Hassan PhD

I find this book by searching for literature on cults on Amazon and I am so glad I found it because the knowledge and insight of Steven...

Madeleina Kay

Aug 293 min read

Badge Bag

After a conversation about whether badges are cultish, the ever delightful Lucy asked me to deep-dive blog post anyalsing the badges on...

Madeleina Kay

Aug 265 min read

Making Some Small Progress on the Research Paper Draft II

Overly conscious that the second draft of our research paper (2,500 words) is due in September, I decided to make some headway over the...

Madeleina Kay

Jul 1410 min read

Losing Reality – On Cults, Cultism, and the Mindest of Political and Religious Zealotry – Robert Jay Lifton

This book was a tough read but absolutely fascinating to me as it relates so much of my work (both my creative practice and professional...

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