8: Taking Dr. Christiane Northrup Seriously (w/Professor Jacqueline Antonovich)
As Christiane Northrup’s social media feed descends even further into the delusional zone — this week she retweeted explicitly identified QAnon content — we ask Professor Jacqueline Antonovich of Nursing Clio about the history of charisma, magic, and entrepreneurship in women’s wellness. When asked if she was surprised by Northrup’s conspirituality spiral, Antonovich was clear: “Not at all.” She carefully unpacks why.
We also look at the role of media in conspiritual thinking and discuss Northup’s enthusiastic endorsement of the movement to “make Americans free again” by becoming single-issue voters—the issue being vaccines.
Show Notes
Marshall McLuhan | The medium is the message
How Can the Press Best Serve a Democratic Society?
In 1947, the press reported on the Hutchins Commission report
Trump, QAnon and an impending judgment day: Behind the Facebook-fueled rise of The Epoch Times
Trump’s New Favorite Channel Employs Kremlin-Paid Journalist
Hundreds of hyperpartisan sites are masquerading as local news. This map shows if there’s one near you.
Make Americans Free Again | The New Normal: Citizens In Charge
Jacqueline Antonovich | Nursing Clio
Northrup’s retweet of a QAnon account boosting the red shoe conspiracy
Gilman’s “Yellow Wallpaper“
Ricki Lake’s “Business of Being Born“
Sarah Swedburg on Louise Hay
