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PROPAGANDA DETOX
Deconstructing the stories we’ve been sold about who we are, how we live, and what we should want.
WHAT IF EVERYTHING YOU THOUGHT YOU KNEW DESERVES A SECOND LOOK?
MANIFESTO
There is nothing more transformative than changing your mind. I believe that understanding historical context, deconstructing cultural conditioning and naming the pattern does just that. It helps change the way we think about just about everything. My Substack, Propaganda Detox features articles about current events, queer culture, feminism, business, money, spirituality, relationships and anything that I feel deserves a second look. Investigative journalism meets personal essay meets cultural criticism.
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MY LATEST THINKING
Why Consent is a Spectrum Not a Binary
My social media is flooded with hot takes on The Cornell 7. What I mostly see is a backlash against the generic “not all men” response. It feels like the same platitude that we got with the “few bad apples” defense when people were calling to defund the police after George Floyd…READ MORE.
Phia: A Modern Parable of Ambition
The Matrix is really running out of original story lines. So much so, that the daughter of the OG Stanford-dropout-turned-tech-billionaire tried to copy/paste (see what I did there?) the same playbook with dubious results. Phoebe Gates, daughter of Bill Gates, found herself at Stanford only a few years ago…READ MORE.
The Future Belongs to the Role Model
I was 34 years old when I learned about being a 6th line in Human Design. This was the very first time it was suggested that I was a late bloomer. Up until then I was told I was mature for my age, or wise beyond my years. Not to mention, I had plenty of “adult” experiences well before most of my peers…READ MORE.
In 2017 I was at rock bottom. I had followed all the rules, done what I was told, and checked all the boxes. Nonetheless, I found myself suffering deeply. Lost, lonely, and desperate for a way out, I found a lifeline in a program that changed my life. It did that by changing my mind. New awareness helped me understand that there was so much I didn’t know about myself and my conditioning. The patterns I was repeating weren’t even mine, they were handed down to me through ancestral trauma and cultural expectations.
I have spent almost a decade deconditioning, healing, and helping others do the same. Writing has been such a pivotal part of my process, that I began sharing it publicly. Perhaps a new idea will spark a small shift in you. Perhaps it will open up a whole new way of being. I just know that I love deconstructing the architecture underneath everything. And because I believe work like this should be accessible to all, nothing is behind a pay wall. If you feel called to support my work, I appreciate it.
I’M ZSUZSI, RECOVERING GOOD GIRL
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