#SeducedSTARZ
1. I wasn't impressed with the first episode of Seduced. The production lacked the luster of @TheVowHBO. India felt like the quintessential Cali girl, or lost little rich girl, who was too easily conned into a cult posing as a self help organization.
I was wrong.
1. I wasn't impressed with the first episode of Seduced. The production lacked the luster of @TheVowHBO. India felt like the quintessential Cali girl, or lost little rich girl, who was too easily conned into a cult posing as a self help organization.
I was wrong.
2. #SeducedSTARZ might take a moment to warm up to but in the 2nd episode the viewers gain critical information completely excluded from @TheVowHBO.
#NXVIUM business model identically mimics @Scientology You cannot financially support yourself until the 2nd highest level.
#NXVIUM business model identically mimics @Scientology You cannot financially support yourself until the 2nd highest level.
3. #SeducedSTARZ Only as a green sash Proctor can earnings be used to sustain themselves. Till then, you're a penniless intern expected to pay for thousands of dollars of courses. Exactly like @Scientology
In an attempt to pull India Oxenberg away from #NXVIUM her mom secured
In an attempt to pull India Oxenberg away from #NXVIUM her mom secured
4. #SeducedSTARZ India a position as @PierceBrosnan assistant on a film shooting in Belgrade. India was excited about the opportunity but is constantly oppressed via text and phone messages by #NXIVM members including Mark Vicente!
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5. India states, "When I decided to take the job Mark Vicente made it impossible for me to feel good about my decision. I remember him even crying over the fact that I was bailing 8in my ESP team."
5. India states, "When I decided to take the job Mark Vicente made it impossible for me to feel good about my decision. I remember him even crying over the fact that I was bailing 8in my ESP team."
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6. In #NXIVM independent will is threatening to them. They twisted India's opportunity telling her "Can't you see this is your issue. You're giving up on your ideology because you want to take this job to get your parents approval."
6. In #NXIVM independent will is threatening to them. They twisted India's opportunity telling her "Can't you see this is your issue. You're giving up on your ideology because you want to take this job to get your parents approval."
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7. India, "in Belgrade I was getting constant feedback that I was a shitty coach because of my lack of commitment... #NXIVM gave me an ultimatum. I could continue to placate my family or commit to #NXIVM and achieve my full potential."
7. India, "in Belgrade I was getting constant feedback that I was a shitty coach because of my lack of commitment... #NXIVM gave me an ultimatum. I could continue to placate my family or commit to #NXIVM and achieve my full potential."
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8. India chooses #NXIVM over her family and returns to Albany.
Instead of building your bridge (Scientology) in NXIVM you do a stripe path. Each colored sash required levels to earn stripes. Once (up to 5 stripes) is earned you move to the next color sash.
8. India chooses #NXIVM over her family and returns to Albany.
Instead of building your bridge (Scientology) in NXIVM you do a stripe path. Each colored sash required levels to earn stripes. Once (up to 5 stripes) is earned you move to the next color sash.
9. #SeducedSTARZ
Stripe course costs thousands, just like level building a bridge in @Scientology.
India, "my grandfather had so generously left me money for college and I ended up spending it all on NXIVM courses. They convinced me their education was better than college."
Stripe course costs thousands, just like level building a bridge in @Scientology.
India, "my grandfather had so generously left me money for college and I ended up spending it all on NXIVM courses. They convinced me their education was better than college."
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10. Dani Padilla speaking to a #NXIVM group; 2 weeks of course with V Week 20% discount,
$20, 000.
Insanity.
I LOVE the older woman in the background of this shot animatedly shaking her head NO when the price is revealed. No fooling her!
10. Dani Padilla speaking to a #NXIVM group; 2 weeks of course with V Week 20% discount,
$20, 000.
Insanity.
I LOVE the older woman in the background of this shot animatedly shaking her head NO when the price is revealed. No fooling her!
#SeducedSTARZ
11. When India speaks about Jness Tracks and SOP (Society of Protectors) it is only then we learn the truly demented and nefarious mindset of Keith Raniere's "teachings."
JNESS Tracks allowed men into the exclusive all womens courses of Jness.
11. When India speaks about Jness Tracks and SOP (Society of Protectors) it is only then we learn the truly demented and nefarious mindset of Keith Raniere's "teachings."
JNESS Tracks allowed men into the exclusive all womens courses of Jness.
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12. Jness Tracks taught "how to better understand gender roles." The core teaching was to indoctrinate women that men are not naturally monogamous & it's normal for men to want to sleep with many women. Remember, Jness was supposed to be about women empowerment.
12. Jness Tracks taught "how to better understand gender roles." The core teaching was to indoctrinate women that men are not naturally monogamous & it's normal for men to want to sleep with many women. Remember, Jness was supposed to be about women empowerment.
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13. And that women shouldn't be questioning what their husbands, men, boyfriends, are doing.
Nancy Saltzman, " He can be serious with one woman and still do things with other women where as he knows you can't."
13. And that women shouldn't be questioning what their husbands, men, boyfriends, are doing.
Nancy Saltzman, " He can be serious with one woman and still do things with other women where as he knows you can't."
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14. India, "what I started to learn was that many of the couples in ESP and #NXIVM were frequently swapping.
All of these ideas about sexuality and blurring boundaries were repeated constantly in all of the classes."
14. India, "what I started to learn was that many of the couples in ESP and #NXIVM were frequently swapping.
All of these ideas about sexuality and blurring boundaries were repeated constantly in all of the classes."
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15. Allison Mack:
"Every woman needs this. This is true empowerment."
India: "The Jness Tracks were incredibly lucrative for the company. I got a lot of pressure from Mark Vicente to continue taking more Tracks. He was making commissions off of the training I took
15. Allison Mack:
"Every woman needs this. This is true empowerment."
India: "The Jness Tracks were incredibly lucrative for the company. I got a lot of pressure from Mark Vicente to continue taking more Tracks. He was making commissions off of the training I took
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16. Keith Raniere in Jness:
"Most people scream abuse and they have no idea of the mortality that they're talking about and a lot of times the screaming of abuse is abuse itself."
How was this repugnant hypocrite ever taken seriously?
16. Keith Raniere in Jness:
"Most people scream abuse and they have no idea of the mortality that they're talking about and a lot of times the screaming of abuse is abuse itself."
How was this repugnant hypocrite ever taken seriously?
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17. Jness took a dark turn when Raniere turns his twisted mind toward his ideology on rape (trigger Warning). His only true purpose was to blur the minds of his followers between rape and consent.
17. Jness took a dark turn when Raniere turns his twisted mind toward his ideology on rape (trigger Warning). His only true purpose was to blur the minds of his followers between rape and consent.
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18. Raniere: "You physically could rape. Really, the issue is, why won't you let yourself go there?" That rape wasn't rape unless the victim chose to view it that way started to become normalized. India: "You didn't hear those lessons once but over and over again."
18. Raniere: "You physically could rape. Really, the issue is, why won't you let yourself go there?" That rape wasn't rape unless the victim chose to view it that way started to become normalized. India: "You didn't hear those lessons once but over and over again."
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Raniere: "Molested. Abused. The worst thing that ever happened to you you know how I know it wasnt that bad? 'Cause you're all sitting here." The camera pans to see women and men nodding, as if understanding a great new truth revealed.
Raniere: "Molested. Abused. The worst thing that ever happened to you you know how I know it wasnt that bad? 'Cause you're all sitting here." The camera pans to see women and men nodding, as if understanding a great new truth revealed.
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20.
Naomi: "Jness. The one thing I struggled with is how they talked about rape." She grew up in a cult, The Children of God. The caretakers of the children, a caretaker repeatedly raped and violated her as a child. "So how NXIVM talked about rape, this happened to
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Naomi: "Jness. The one thing I struggled with is how they talked about rape." She grew up in a cult, The Children of God. The caretakers of the children, a caretaker repeatedly raped and violated her as a child. "So how NXIVM talked about rape, this happened to
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21. "To my body, did NOT make one ounce of sense to me!"
Raniere: "The person that's the victim, self-victimizing, is abusing. The person who is complaining is abusing."
Naomi goes on to talk about how badly she wanted to leave but felt confused.
21. "To my body, did NOT make one ounce of sense to me!"
Raniere: "The person that's the victim, self-victimizing, is abusing. The person who is complaining is abusing."
Naomi goes on to talk about how badly she wanted to leave but felt confused.
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