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PHOTOS: Pitchfork Lineup Completed With Wild Flag, More

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Pitchfork 2012, Chicago Travel, Chicago Music, Chicago Music Festivals, Pitchfork Festival 2012, Chicago Live Music, Video, Pitchfork 2012 Lineup, Pitchfork 2012 Chicago, Chicago Events, Cults, Atlas Sound, Beach House, Wild Flag, Pitchfork Music Festival, Chicago Around Town, Chicago News

With the addition of 21 acts announced Thursday, the lineup for Chicago's Pitchfork Music Festival, slated to be held July 13-15 in the city's Union P...

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Rest in Peace, SXSW 2012

Mark R. Collins | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Cults, Nike, Alamo Drafthouse, Miracle Berry, Hard Rock Hotel, Midnight Cowboy, Jay-Z, Austin, Sxsw, Murzik, Entertainment News
Mark R. Collins

Sustainability is a pillar of the 2012 hipster platform, and yet during SXSW thousands of lone star cans go unrecycled, reams of unnecessary marketing materials are printed, cigarettes litter the streets and general excess is celebrated. If SXSW wants to be a mature adult it needs to go green.

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Is Mormonism a Cult?

Matthew Bowman | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Lds Church, Mormons, Mormonism, Religion in America, Cults, What Is Mormonism, Religion News
Matthew Bowman

The question would be easy if the word "cult" had a serious and well-justified definition. But it doesn't.

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The Anusara Yoga Scandal: Can a $6 Billion Industry Salvage Its Image?

Stewart J. Lawrence | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Yoga, Cults, Benefits of Yoga, John Friend, Anusara Yoga, Lululemon Athletica, Lululemon, Sri Ramakrishna, John Friend Scandal, John Friend Yoga, Anusara, John Friend Anusara, Anusara Scandal, Anusara Yoga Scandal, John Friend Yoga Scandal, Culture News
Stewart J. Lawrence

As the increasingly ugly Anusara scandal unfolds, yoga and yogis in America seem to be approaching yet another defining moment. Do the movement's most sincere and thoughtful leaders have the strength -- and humility -- to push their industry to reform its ways?

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Spotlight On: Mitt!

Susie Sampson | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Newt Gingrich 2012, Cults, Mitt Romney 2012, Mitt Romney, Mormons, Moon, Newt Gingrich, Offshore Accounts, Video, Comedy News
Susie Sampson

Last week I put a spotlight on Newt... this week it's Mitt's turn! Things certainly seem tight in this race and Americans are still torn: Do they want a president with cult membership and offshore accounts or do they want to go to the Moon?!

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Saki Knafo

Occupy Wall Street: Faces Of Zuccotti Park

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Communes, Occupy Wall Street Protest, Zuccotti, Wall Street, Love Family, Cults, #Occupywallst, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Hitchhikers, Protests, Banking Crisis, Zuccotti Park, Hitchiking, New York News

This is the second piece in a series profiling the protesters of Occupy Wall Street. Balance was standing around with some of the other protesters ...

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Film: Manipulating the Mind of Martha

Marlynn Snyder | Posted 01.02.2012

Read More: Debut Performance, Elizabeth Olsen, Cults, Upstate New York, New Films, Director Sean Durkin, Martha Marcy May Marlene, New Movies, Entertainment News
Marlynn Snyder

How does a young woman allow a complete stranger access to her inner thoughts, giving him full sway over her feelings and actions? An interesting question brought vividly to life in the buzzed-about indie film Martha Marcy May Marlene.

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Director Sean Durkin on Martha Marcy May Marlene

Marshall Fine | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Sean Durkin, Marshall Fine, Sarah Paulson, Elizabeth Olsen, Cults, Upstate New York, John Hawkes, Sundance, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Sean Durkin Interview, Marshall Fine Interview, Culture News
Marshall Fine

If confronting the things that scare you makes you stronger, then filmmaker Sean Durkin is in great shape, thanks to his debut film, Martha Marcy May Marlene.

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We Have Turned Into a Cult Disguised as a Democracy

Donna Flagg | Posted 12.20.2011

Read More: Leadership, Politics, Brainwashing, Society, Cults, Freedom, Mind Control, Politics News
Donna Flagg

This country is not in good shape, an observation that will not come as a surprise to many, I know. And while it is easy, almost automatic in fact, to...

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Confessions of a Bad Jack Mormon Woman

Terrell Harris Dougan | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Big Love, Mitt Romney, Brigham Young, Jon Huntsman, Joseph Smith, Cults, Gordon B. Hinckley on Women, Larry King on Mormon Women, Politics News
Terrell Harris Dougan

I've been trying to be not-so-Mormon for some time now. I never go to church. I drink wine. I use bad words. But I break out into a cold sweat if my library book is overdue.

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What Is Fashion's Night Out? Sincerely, Los Angeles

Abigail Spencer | Posted 11.15.2011

Read More: Phillip Lim, Fashion's Night Out, Fashion's Night Out 2011, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Grief, Surfing, Fno, Fashion, Yancy Spencer III, Heidi Merrick, Cults, Los Angeles News
Abigail Spencer

What's so fascinating about Fashion's Night Out is that it's all-consuming in New York, and in LA people are still like, "What's that?"

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Cults Video Director Finds Muse In Jonestown Massacre

Turnstyle | Posted 09.21.2011

Read More: Aol Music, Boing Boing, Jonestown, Music Video, Cults, Jonestown Massacre, Director, Echo Park, Los Angeles, Music, Isaiah Seret, Jim Jones, Los Angeles News
Turnstyle

Originally published on Turnstylenews.com, a digital information service surfacing emerging stories in news, entertainment, art and culture; powered ...

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Extremely Unctuous

Mike Farrell | Posted 09.14.2011

Read More: Military, Mrff, Separation of Church and State, Cults, Religioon, Politics News
Mike Farrell

How could religious zealots possibly infiltrate and gain control over our military? Well, for one, you might start with the military academies at West Point and Air Force Academy and Annapolis.

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At Home With Cults

Posted 09.11.2011

Read More: Indie Music, Cults Band Photos, Cults Music, W Magazine, Music, New Music, Cults, Cults Band, Culture News

Thanks to our friends over at W magazine, we have the inside scoop into the day-to-day lives of the up-and-coming band, Cults. This New York-based duo...

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Gurus: Why Are We Addicted?

Ed and Deb Shapiro | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: Wisdom, Obsession With the Guru, Why Do We Get Addicted to Gurus, Cult Guru, Healthy Spirit, Cults, Guru Obsession, Healthy Living Health News, Guru Addiction, Western Obsession With the Guru, Healthy Living News
Ed and Deb Shapiro

Perhaps we worship a guru so blindly and surrender so willingly due to our own self-doubt, the reluctance to acknowledge our own innate understanding, insights and wisdom.

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Israeli Ministry Targeting So-Called 'Sects' and 'Cults'

Joseph K. Grieboski | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Religious Freedom, Religious Minorities, Israeli Government, Israel, Netanyahu, Religious Liberty, Cults, Religion News
Joseph K. Grieboski

Classifying religious groups into "religions" and "sects" violates religious human rights standards. It is impermissible and arbitrary for the government to confer benefits on groups it classifies as "religions."

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Why Is Raising Children Religion-Free Still Taboo?

Jayanti Tamm | Posted 07.24.2011

Read More: Religion, Fanaticism, Cults, Ethics, Raising Children, Morality, Parenting, Faith, Belief, Religious Tolerance, Religion News
Jayanti Tamm

Of course, children can, and many do, grow up and shed the burden of that imposed belief system. But why should parents impose upon their children a religion to lose?

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Rapture Rupture

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 07.23.2011

Read More: Doomsday, End of Days, Apocalypse, Judgment Day, Rapture, Harold Camping, Cults, May 21 2011 Judgment Day, Religion News
Jeff Schweitzer

Like Miller, or Franz or Applewhite before him, Camping believes he has a unique ability to interpret the word of god that gives him special insight. So we pause with bated breath to learn when the next End of Days will arrive.

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What Is A Cult? Recognizing And Avoiding Unhealthy Groups

Jayanti Tamm | Posted 06.14.2011

Read More: What Is a Cult, Cult Beliefs, Cult Religions, Traits of a Cult, Cults, Religion News
Jayanti Tamm

There isn't a single group that would ever admit to or advertise as being a cult. And why would they? The word 'cult' is explosive, loaded with connotations of brainwashing, lunatics, and mass suicide.

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Top SXSW Bands You Haven't Heard of Yet, But Soon Will

Mark R. Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lord Huron, Voxhaul Broadcast, Aaron, Cults, Okkervil River, Mndr, Awesome New Republic, Hooray for Earth, Colin Stetson, Lower Dens, Agent Ribbons, Sxsw, Wye Oak, Mother Falcon, South by Southwest, Sxsw 2011, Arts News
Mark R. Collins

Much hype is being made about TV on the Radio playing a bunch of shows this week at SXSW. But that's not what SXSW is all about. It's discovering the next TVOTR before they're famous.

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Emma Roberts And Dave Franco Make Out In Cults 'Supervideo'

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jean-Luc Godard, Emma Roberts, Twitter, Cults, Mtv, LCD Soundsystem, Dave Franco, Video, Entertainment News

In the newly minted MTV series 'Supervideos,' directors and actors team up to create music videos. The first video in the series was set to the almost...

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Restaurant Pulls Billboards With Jonestown Massacre References

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Indiana Cult Billboards, La Senorita Billboards Billboards, Billboards, Advertising, Jonestown Massacre, Cults, Cult Billboards, Food News

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — A northern Indiana restaurant that erected billboards referring to the 1978 Jonestown cult massacre in which more than 900 pe...

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Why the Reported Sale of the Moonies Washington Times for $1 Requires Greater Scrutiny!

Steven Hassan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Jonestown, Hyung-Jin Moon, Messiah, Brainwashing, Washington Times Shakeup, The Washington Times, Kook-Jin Moon, Hyun-Jin Moon, Cults, Unification Church International, Sun Myung Moon, Leo Ryan, Kcia, Media News
Steven Hassan

Over the years, Sun Myung Moon has built an enormous multinational business conglomerate, announced he was the Messiah, and crowned himself the "King of Peace" on Capitol Hill. All largely unnoticed by the American public.

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Maps & Atlases Surprise, Play Impromptu Acoustic Show At Mercury Lounge

Kim Gittleson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mercury Lounge, Maps and Atlases, Nycbeat, Laura Stone, Cults, New York News
Kim Gittleson

I have a confession to make. Last night, the first time in a long time--perhaps for the first time ever--I saw a band without having heard any of thei...

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'Life After The Cult': Texas Polygamist Cult Survivor Carolyn Jessops On Her New Book 'Triumph' (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Triumph Life After the Cult, Yearning for Zion Ranch, Carolyn Jessop, Cults, Texas Polygamists, Books, Author Interview, Video, Books News

Carolyn Jessops, a woman who in 2008 escaped from the Yearning for Zion polygamist Mormon cult in Texas, along with 460 children, has a new book out c...

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