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When you guys had referenced Booktok as a cult, I was like, not a cult.
And then I like sat back and thought about it and I was like, oh my God.
When I first joined Booktok, I was dog earing the pages and apparently that's a big no no on Booktok.
But they're your books.
This is why it's a cult, guys.
It's literally like the Hunger Games, but for like all these book people.
I mean, I guess it's good for the publishing the author, you know, making some good money, but at what cost?
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Cults we all follow.
I'm your host, Amanda Montel, author of the books Cultish and the Age of Magical Overthinking.
And I'm Reese Oliver.
Sounds Like a Cults coordinator and today's co host.
Every week on this show we discuss.
A different zeitgeisty group that puts the cult in culture.
From Harry Potter heads to to Van Lifers to try and answer the big question.
This group sounds like a cult.
But is it really?