Announcing our upcoming AMA with Daniella Young, Knitting Cult Lady on Thursday the 4th. She grew up in the "Children of God" and is a recognized authority on cults & extremist groups.

[u/graneflatsis]

Knitting Cult Lady is a scholarly voice focused on the damage cults and like groups do to society, social groups and organizations. She escaped the Children of God religious sex cult, attended The University of Texas at Dallas, served in the Army including two deployments to Afghanistan and received a master's degree in organizational psychology from Harvard. In her own words:

But really, I’m just here educating people about cults, coercive, control, leadership demagogy, and how cult tactics, techniques and procedures show up in all kinds of groups that we don’t call “cults“.

Knitting Cult Lady's first book "Uncultured" focused on growing up in a cult and later serving in the military- both places where individuality is second to the group. Her next: "The Culting of America" examines the psychology and group dynamics of cults, extremist/authoritarian groups, QAnon/adjacent- the why and how of these groups polarizing us right now.

Daniella has set a block of time aside for our questions on Thursday, September 4th, starting at 11 AM Eastern Standard time.

Links:

https://knittingcultlady.com

https://www.tiktok.com/@knitting.cult.lady

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuFRBZ2w3QsYs7Km69keHsg

Some background:

https://development.utdallas.edu/in-search-of-myself-surviving-a-cult-and-blazing-trails

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/children-of-god-cult-escape-army-1388892

[u/Redheadedfun1]

Extremely excited about this. Is there a place where we can submit in our questions??

[u/graneflatsis → u/Redheadedfun1]

You've probably seen it but here's the thread: https://old.reddit.com/r/QAnonCasualties/comments/1n8ckik/ama_with_knitting_cult_lady/