Episode 56: Are Those Your Leggings, or Are You Just Happy to See Me?: The Culty World of MLMs and LuLaRoe

Marc and Kristina are back at it with cult life (this episode was actually recorded weeks before the Fandom episodes and you might say that this research made them wonder if they'd discovered a nascent cult in the genX corner of TikTok). In this episode they examine the false promise of MLMs, the flaw in the girl boss culture that it promotes, and how things can get really culty, really fast without anyone seeing what's going on; just like that its cult o'clock.

Sources for this episode:

The Multilevel Marketing Cults: Lies, Pyramid Schemes, and the Pursuit of Financial Freedom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He1bgJ0sqtw

This Is How MLMs Target Womenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJemSXXTOxo

Christopher Hitchens: Empowerment of Womenhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jO2Uk0zU4c

MLMs & LDS: Why are so Many Mormon Women Involved in MLMs? | Multi Level Mondayshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtcGANV-KHg&t=843s

LuLaRich | Official Trailer | Prime Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIkcrQzTr8w&t=1s

Why MLMs and Cults are the Same | Anti-MLMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MV_WiXSQXqk&t=65sAmoruso, Sophia. #GIRLBOSS. Portfolio, September 29, 2015.

Schiebeler, Eric. Merchants of Deception: An Insider's Chilling Look at the Worldwide, Multi Billion dollar Conspiracy of lies that is Amway and its Motivational Organizations. October 23, 2009.Lularich. Documentary (4 parts). Producers: Jenner Furst; Julia Willoughby Nason; Mike Gasparro; Blye Pagon Faust; Cori Shepherd Stern. Streaming on Amazon Prime.

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