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Very insightful. Although cultural programming affects everyone, experience tells me that women are indeed more prone to being programmed.
I can recall instances where I was "falling under the spell" so to speak particularly when I was an adolescent.
Like most teenage girls in the 80s, I frequently perused fashion magazines. I noticed that every time I flipped through one of those glossy glam rags, I started thinking about dieting - even though I had always been a healthy weight for my build.
Thankfully, I recognized the pattern, i.e. the programming. I gave up looking at the magazines, and eventually gave up dieting - and focused more on just getting a life. In my case, it all worked out - my body calibrated back down to my normal weight (dieting always makes you fat) and I have remained there since.
What I'd like to be able to figure out is what it was that helped me realize I was being programmed, and to take steps to reverse it. I'm sure there are others who have reversed similar damaging trends, but obviously not enough of us.
Yes, I've read both of those pieces... must have been over at TOO.
I downloaded The Lost Children of Rockdale County, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I'm sure I will be properly horrified, but it some ways it's cathartic to really open my eyes to these things... because the feeling that something is seriously wrong has been gnawing away at me most of my life.
I don't think I'm alone in that feeling.
The articles you are posting on substack are really important - I think you are exploring ideas more deeply than most. I'm looking forward to seeing your stack grow. Thank you for all your work.
This essay was published in two parts on Counter Currents. It is presented here unabridged, including photos and images not included by the editor at Counter Currents.
Very insightful. Although cultural programming affects everyone, experience tells me that women are indeed more prone to being programmed.
I can recall instances where I was "falling under the spell" so to speak particularly when I was an adolescent.
Like most teenage girls in the 80s, I frequently perused fashion magazines. I noticed that every time I flipped through one of those glossy glam rags, I started thinking about dieting - even though I had always been a healthy weight for my build.
Thankfully, I recognized the pattern, i.e. the programming. I gave up looking at the magazines, and eventually gave up dieting - and focused more on just getting a life. In my case, it all worked out - my body calibrated back down to my normal weight (dieting always makes you fat) and I have remained there since.
What I'd like to be able to figure out is what it was that helped me realize I was being programmed, and to take steps to reverse it. I'm sure there are others who have reversed similar damaging trends, but obviously not enough of us.
Thank you for your kind compliment. I think you will find this essay relevant.https://theravenscall.substack.com/p/culture-and-the-sexual-marketplace
So is "American Degeneracy Laid Bare."
Yes, I've read both of those pieces... must have been over at TOO.
I downloaded The Lost Children of Rockdale County, but haven't had a chance to watch it yet. I'm sure I will be properly horrified, but it some ways it's cathartic to really open my eyes to these things... because the feeling that something is seriously wrong has been gnawing away at me most of my life.
I don't think I'm alone in that feeling.
The articles you are posting on substack are really important - I think you are exploring ideas more deeply than most. I'm looking forward to seeing your stack grow. Thank you for all your work.
Thank you. Please check your direct messages.
“Mrs. Lionheart.” Ha! Yeah, right. Try “Frau Leerkopf” instead, honey.
Revival starts at the source.
The curtain is lifted at ruined Gaza.