Brief: The Freebirth to Born-Again Pipeline

The stress of influencing in the New Age / alt-med world is rough. You have to pretend to know everything, from vaccine science to the origins of autism, to how feminism has desecrated the sanctity of motherhood. It’s not surprising that a growing number of the conspirituality influencers we know and love are all tuckered out, and now choosing to let Jesus take the wheel.  Freebirth mogul Yolande Norris Clark now joins the growing ranks of converts from conspirituality to Orthodox Christianity. How will she square her politics of the divine feminine with a hyper-patriarchal tradition? Or is it really such a stretch?  Show Notes "Giving Birth in Yogaland" She wanted a 'freebirth' with no doctors. Online groups convinced her it would be OK. From Costa Rica, Yolande Norris-Clark Free-Births COVID News About “Hellscape” of Canada Free-Birther Yolande Norris-Clark Promotes “The Secret Covenant” COVID-Denialist: “Rona Is as Real as You Want it To Be”Argentino on Pastel Q — Twitter Pastel QAnon The Women Making Conspiracy Theories Beautiful  The Instagram aesthetic that made QAnon mainstream The Conspiracy Theory to Rule Them All 'Pastel QAnon' Is Infiltrating the Natural Parenting Community  First appearance of "The Secret Covenant" online  Secret Covenant: Freedom-Force (2004)  Secret Covenant boosted on a QAnon channel, 2020  PolitiFact | John D. Rockefeller did not write a ‘secret covenant’ about world domination Transphobia in the Midwifery Community Yolande Norris-Clark: Transgenderism, Feminism & C0Vid (Content warning: transphobic creator)  Orthodox Christian churches are drawing in far-right American converts Matthew Heimbach excommunicated  Justin Trudeau & The Misuse Of Words Giving Birth in the Church Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices