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It will be something different every week, but it will always be about something worth seeing, hearing or watching, or a place worth visiting or a food worth tasting.
This week, a long read by Mark Hay in Al Jazeera is well worth reading. It’s a look at how white nationalists infiltrated the wellness movement, looking at wellness brands in the US and UK in particular:
The idea of seeking purity by returning to nature and ancient wisdom especially resonates with white nationalists, explains Catherine Tebaldi, a researcher at the University of Luxembourg. She studies why and how some far-right figures – whom she refers to as “Granola Nazis” – adopt the language and imagery of wellness culture.
The association with wellness can make white nationalists harder to track, even for dedicated experts who monitor these movements. And white nationalists have a history of successfully changing their image to appeal to new audiences.
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