<p>After unknowingly showing up at a Capitol insurrection, ethnographer Noelle Cook spent years embedded with the women arrested for January 6th — not grifters and influencers, the true believers. Her new book, <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-conspiracists-women-extremism-and-the-lure-of-belonging-noelle-cook/0cece8cd2c11513c?ean=9798889832423&amp;next=t" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>The Conspiracists: Women, Extremism and the Lure of Belonging</em></a>, follows two: Yvonne, a self-proclaimed starseed and sovereign citizen who considers the J6 pardons divine vindication, and Tammy, who showed up for the community and never really left. As Noelle details to Cristen, the paths that led them there map the pandemic’s alt-health tipping point, conspirituality’s empowerment trap, and how conspiracy functions as a coping mechanism and connection machine for middle-aged women that culture makes invisible.</p><br><p>Sources: conspiracyshewrote.com/episodes</p><p>Inbox: [email protected]</p><p>Instagram: <a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/66908096915523260179d6a7/shows/66908cbe5d66becbc60bc306/episodes/instagram.com/unladylikemedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@unladylikemedia</a></p><p>Website: <a href="https://www.conspiracyshewrote.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">conspiracyshewrote.com</a></p><p>Patreon: <a href="https://open.acast.com/networks/66908096915523260179d6a7/shows/66908cbe5d66becbc60bc306/episodes/patreon.com/conspiracyshewrote" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Cabal</a></p><br><p>Conspiracy, She Wrote is an Unladylike Media production created, hosted and written by Cristen Conger. Music is from Blue Dot Sessions.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>