‘Have I just joined another cult?’: Daniella grew up in The Family, then joined the army – where she experienced toxic control, again
- Written by Martine Kropkowski, Tutor, The University of Queensland
On Daniella Mestyanek Young’s first day of military training, she stands among her fellow recruits holding a duffle bag high in one arm above her head. As she ponders the other bodies lined up in her peripheral vision, all struggling to maintain the same pose, it gradually occurs to her that this feeling — of being owned, coerced,...
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