I grew up in a cult. It was heaven — and hell. | Lilia Tarawa | TEDxChristchurch
I tend to browse YouTube a lot and the other day I came across this TED talk. Automatically “I grew up in a cult. It was heaven – and hell,” caught my attention, as it would most people. To be honest I came into watching it with a bias. I thought maybe Lilia Tarawa was brainwashed and that she had thought some twisted upbringing was heaven. This was not lead to be true. I throughly enjoyed her story of how she was beaten down, but still found her way out. I honestly recommend listening to her story. Turn it on while getting ready or while you have time to spare.
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She speaks of the best days in the cult and then of how her grandfather verbally crushed her others. She was raised in a setting that did not place women in a political standing, so when Tarawa’s school teacher said that she was a natural leader that was a no go with her leader grandfather. Over time she saw brutal beatings and abuse. I feel that it is an powerful story to empower others. That even when it feels like that the world is against you, your personalty will persevere and so can you. I feel like this had a connection to Road of Lost Innocence. Both women go through thing that they shouldn’t. I feel like women are powerful, all humans are. Even after beaten down we are resilient creatures.