03212nam 2200517 450 991055448910332120230619160553.01-5036-3061-710.1515/9781503630611(CKB)4940000000603651(MiAaPQ)EBC6611974(Au-PeEL)EBL6611974(OCoLC)1251448593(DE-B1597)606838(OCoLC)1250514667(DE-B1597)9781503630611(EXLCZ)99494000000060365120220119d2021 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierPastels and pedophiles inside the mind of QAnon /Mia Bloom and Sophia MoskalenkoStanford, California :Redwood Press,[2021]©20211 online resource (x, 243 pages) illustrations, mapIncludes bibliographical references (pages (197-234)) and index.Loony lies and conspiracies: making sense of QAnon -- January 6, 2021: Capitol Hill, the failed insurrection -- Red-pilling, right-wing conspiracies, and radicalization -- Life after Q -- Qontagion -- Faqs.Two experts of extremist radicalization take us down the QAnon rabbit hole, exposing how the conspiracy theory ensnared countless Americans, and show us a way back to sanity. In January 2021, thousands descended on the U.S. Capitol to aid President Donald Trump in combating a shadowy cabal of Satan-worshipping pedophiles. Two women were among those who died that day. They, like millions of Americans, believed that a mysterious insider known as 'Q'is exposing a vast deep-state conspiracy. The QAnon conspiracy theory has ensnared many women, who identify as members of 'pastel QAnon,' answering the call to 'save the children'. With Pastels and Pedophiles, Mia Bloom and Sophia Moskalenko explain why the rise of QAnon should not surprise us: believers have been manipulated to follow the baseless conspiracy. The authors track QAnon's unexpected leap from the darkest corners of the Internet to the filtered glow of yogi-mama Instagram, a frenzy fed by the COVID-19 pandemic that supercharged conspiracy theories and spurred a fresh wave of Q-inspired violence. Pastels and Pedophiles connects the dots for readers, showing how a conspiracy theory with its roots in centuries-old anti-Semitic hate has adapted to encompass local grievances and has metastasized around the globe—appealing to a wide range of alienated people who feel that something is not quite right in the world around them.QAnon conspiracy theoryUnited StatesWomen radicalsUnited StatesConspiracy theoriesPolitical aspectsUnited StatesQAnon conspiracy theoryWomen radicalsConspiracy theoriesPolitical aspects320.9730905Bloom Mia1968-1156291Moskalenko SophiaMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910554489103321Pastels and pedophiles2815658UNINA