Trigger Warning: this article talks about sexual assault, child molestation and disturbing cult dynamics Netflix’s documentary about the infamous sex cult, OneTaste, premiered the first week of November despite a lawsuit filed by fourteen former members. The plaintiffs dropped their lawsuit when Netflix agreed to blur their faces. After viewing the film, I can see …
One of my closest friends shared this podcast about a sex cult called OneTaste. She knew that I’d be interested, not only because she used to live and work there, but also because I used to teach workshops there. In the years since I taught at the San Francisco chapter of OneTaste, I became aware …
If you are like me, the word “cult” might bring some very disturbing events to mind. Things like the Jonestown Massacre or the murders perpetrated by the Charles Manson “family.” Maybe you think cults always lead to sex orgies, murders and suicide? Well there certainly has been way more of that than the world needs. …
As a child, I was not encouraged to love myself. My parents did love me but that love was compromised by their own shame. When people don’t love themselves, when they find aspects of themselves so objectionable that they deny their existence, there is a tendency to project that shame and self-hatred onto others. I …
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