The podcast revisits cultural icons who shifted towards conspiracy and anti-vaccine ideologies. It highlights the controversial journeys of figures like Christiane Northrup and Mikki Willis, who transformed from health experts to conspiracy advocates. The conversation delves into the intersection of wellness and misinformation, exploring how personal trauma can influence public belief. Issues of exploitation in the wellness industry and the rise of pseudoscience are critiqued, raising questions about the integrity of health narratives in today's world.
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Christiane Northrup's Radical Shift
Christiane Northrup pivoted from a women’s health expert to a major conspiracy promoter early in the pandemic.
She fused soothing personal connection with alarming conspiracy content, appealing deeply to her audience.
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Menopause Wellness Exploitation
Northrup exploits menopause struggles by marketing unproven herbal supplements.
This mirrors men's wellness trends, promising unrealistic hormone 'optimization' fixes.
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New Age Feminism Meets Pseudoscience
Northrup's early feminism blended with New Age essentialism that distrusts Western medicine.
She encourages women to trust intuition over vaccines and cancer treatment norms.
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Light on Yoga, often referred to as the 'bible of modern yoga', is a detailed and extensively illustrated book on the Iyengar Yoga style. It is divided into three main parts: an introduction to yoga, a detailed section on asanas (yoga postures) with over 600 photographs of B.K.S. Iyengar demonstrating the poses, and a section on pranayama (yoga breathing). The book also includes appendices that outline asana courses and curative asanas for various diseases. It has been translated into at least 23 languages and has sold over three million copies worldwide.
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Boston Women's Health Book Collective
First published in 1970, 'Our Bodies, Ourselves' is a groundbreaking book that addresses various aspects of women's health and sexuality, including sexual health, birth control, abortion, pregnancy, childbirth, menopause, and violence against women. The book was created by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective and has undergone several revisions and updates. It emphasizes the importance of women's active participation in their healthcare, challenges medical dogmas, and provides a platform for women to share their personal experiences and insights. The book has been translated into over 30 languages and has sold more than four million copies, significantly influencing the women's health movement globally.
Women's bodies, women's wisdom
Christiane Northrup
This book covers the entire range of women's health, from the first menstrual period through menopause. It includes updated information on pregnancy, labor, and birth, sexuality, nutrition, hormone replacement therapy, treating fibroids, avoiding hysterectomy, and maintaining breast and menstrual health. Dr. Northrup emphasizes the body's innate wisdom and ability to heal, highlighting the importance of emotional and spiritual well-being in physical health. The book combines new medical technologies with natural remedies and spiritual practices, encouraging women to take a proactive role in their health care and to cherish and care for their bodies[1][3][4].
The Beauty Myth
How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women
Naomi Wolf
In 'The Beauty Myth,' Naomi Wolf argues that the concept of beauty is an artificial construct used to oppress women, particularly in modern society. The book explores how this 'beauty myth' affects various aspects of women's lives, including work, culture, religion, sex, hunger, and violence. Wolf contends that this myth is perpetuated by large industries that profit from women's insecurities, keeping women in a state of self-consciousness and self-hatred as they strive to meet impossible beauty standards. The book calls for a reevaluation of society's perception of women's worth and challenges the harmful effects of these beauty ideals[2][3][5].
From 1999-2002, VH1 ran a show called “Where Are They Now?” The irregularly produced series wondered aloud what happened to former cultural icons like eighties hair metal bands, kid actors, and one-hit wonders. While some people remained surprisingly relevant, most were confined to, at best, appearing at VFWs and regional summer festivals in parking lots or, tragically, gripped by an addiction and dreams of a better time that they couldn’t make last.
Two years ago this month our book, Conspirituality, was published. We called one section Rogue’s Gallery to highlight a range of figures we’ve covered on the podcast. One of those chapters was dedicated to a man named Robert F Kennedy, Jr—don’t say we didn’t warn you. How about the other nine?
In our own version of “Where Are They Now,” we’re going to turn back the clock and revisit those other nine chapters. We’ll do it over three episodes in the coming weeks. This week, we begin with famed women’s health expert turned harp-playing conspiracy peddler, Christiane Northrup; self-proclaimed philosopher king, Charles Eisenstein; and former model turned middling new age filmmaker turned anti-vax documentarian Mikki Willis.
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