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SUMMARY:Digital Sawyer Seminar: Mia Bloom, “Pastels and Pedophiles: Women and QA
non”
DESCRIPTION:\nThis presentation will explain the key roles played by wom
en in the emergence and spread of QAnon and how the conspiracy theory ha
s metastasized into book burning campaigns and heightened antagonism tow
ards LGBTQ+. Many women were first introduced to QAnon when it began pro
moting the #SaveTheChildren hashtag by leveraging the real problem of hu
man trafficking in the spring of 2020. QAnon appealed to women at their
most basic maternal instinct. However\, this campaign&rsquo\;s real goal
was to mobilize white suburban republican women to vote in the 2020 ele
ction.\n\nMia Bloom conducts research in Europe\, the Middle East\, and
South Asia. She&rsquo\;s the author of 6 books and 80 articles on violen
t extremism.\n\nFor more details: https://events.la.psu.edu/event/dss_mi
a-bloom-011524/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:This presentati
on will explain the key roles played by women in the emergence and sprea
d of QAnon and how the conspiracy theory has metastasized into book burn
ing campaigns and heightened antagonism towards LGBTQ+. Many women were
first introduced to QAnon when it began promoting the #SaveTheChildren h
ashtag by leveraging the real problem of human trafficking in the spring
of 2020. QAnon appealed to women at their most basic maternal instinct.
However, this campaign’s real goal was to mobilize white suburban
republican women to vote in the 2020 election.
Mia Bloom conducts
research in Europe, the Middle East, and South Asia. She’s the au
thor of 6 books and 80 articles on violent extremism.
For more det
ails: ht
tps://events.la.psu.edu/event/dss_mia-bloom-011524/
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