Religious studies departments are closing across North America. Yet, in these unprecedented times the scholarship and expertise they have is called upon by analysts, media, and podcasters. Religious studies scholars face precarious employment, contingent course loads, and often working in isolation. Using recent Christian response to Bill C-9 in Canada, I look at the influence of religion on these movements, and the importance of understanding religion in the context of society, current events, and political response.
EVIE Magazine
I spoke with Rachel Gilmore about Evie Magazine. Evie is a publication that promotes traditional gender roles, controversial articles that minimize harms to women and often based more on questionable posts online. Promoting anti-feminism, tradwives, and sex only while married, the magazine’s content is less questionable than who is funding it.
Trump’s Playbook in Canada
Conservative MP, Jamil Jivani is copying some moves from the Trumpian playbook. Yesterday he was busy attacking DEI policies in Canada, and this is not his first time. Seems JD’s Vance’s close friend, shares the same tactics to prop up hate, and divide society.
Muscular Christianity Event Analysis
You may have seen the poster floating around on social media, of a group of white men presenting a panel on muscular Christianity in Tennessee. If you have not, you may have seen the memes made of it. I cannot attend the event, and there is no online attendance, so I decided to dig into who the speakers are. The ensuing rabbit hole had very little muscular Christianity, but it did have conspiracies, Christian nationalism, and hate. This is a free post on my Substack, so please pop over and dive in. Also please consider subscribing to join the community chat, get access to subscriber only material, and get analysis on current events as they happen.
I started a Substack!
As a regular Bluesky poster, and let’s be honest social media addict, I have been considering writing a blog for quite some time. My social media posts tend to become threads, as I analyze or add additional information to media pieces, current events, and evidence of extremism.
My area of research is in the darkest areas of political humanity, meaning conspiracy theories, Christian nationalism, populism, extremism, and hate. The convergence of these topics is evident in the world we live in today. Far-right militia movements, moral panics, attacks on human rights seem to be flourishing globally, yet many writing on these topic are reactionary. The analysis is of the moment, making it appear as though this “just happened.” The truth is many of these current events, movements, and violent mobilizations are the result of a steady buildup of propaganda, fearmongering, and a hierarchical nesting of conspiracy theories, religion, the occult, and a sense of constructed victimhood.
Please consider subscribing to my Substack, and learn about the weird, the hateful, politics, and conspiracy theories.
Remigration in Canada
Yesterday I spoke with the Early Edition AM 1150 in Kelowna BC about the remigration movement in Canada, extremism, and conspiracy theories. Remigration is a policy which is becoming more mainstream, especially through the Trump administration, demanding the deportation of non-whites from Western nations. This concept is being spearheaded in Canada by the Dominion Society of Canada, a far-right, white nationalist movement led by Daniel Tyrie.
Dominion Society, Remigration, and Canada
I had the opportunity to speak with Rachel Gilmore for an article in The Tyee on the leaders of the Dominion Society of Canada attending an international remigration forum last week. The Society is a metapolitical organization that is based on the idea that those who are not Irish, Scottish, French, or British (read white) are not true Canadians and should be forced out of Canada. Much like the Department of Remigration in the United States, and Donald Trump’s forced deportations, the Society wants that reality here.
God’s Angry Men – Canadian Discount Code
Bloomsbury is offering a 35% discount on my book God’s Angry Men: The Political Legacy of the John Birch Society
Constructed Victimhood: The Pathway to Mainstreaming Hate on Social Media – full cover!
Today Bloomsbury Publishing sent me the full covers of my book being released in November this year. I could be biased but I love it! I am so very proud of this work, analyzing the “constructed victimhood” of white, Christian, Canadian men online and the potential political implications. These men believe they are being oppressed by feminists, LGBTQI+ communities, anti-racism, and are demanding that the populist leaders that acknowledge their perceived injustices create a Canada led by Christian nationalism, the remigration of all immigrants, and the removal of rights for non-white, non heterosexual, non-male, non-Christian Canadians.
This book represents the work I started when I was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Disinformation Project, and I a beyond excited that Dr. Ahmed Al-Rawi has endorsed my book. Dr. Barbara Perry who I also served as a Postdoctoral Fellow with her Centre on Hate, Bias, and Extremism also endorsed my book. Dr. Perry has become such an important part of my career, and my goals. I am so blessed to have these two individuals in my world, and I cannot express my gratitude for their endorsements.
God’s Angry Men – US Discount Code
There is a discount code available for Americans for my book God’s Angry Men: The Political Legacy of the John Birch Society. A Canadian discount code is coming soon!