Subcultures, Nostalgia, and Escapism

These are based on consuming certain products and finding other people who purchase the same products & have the same set of views, often sharing it online through videos & messages. Movements are often internet based, but sometimes people still get together in subculture groups to share their hobbies, views, and consumer patterns together. People within subcultures use them as a way to isolate themselves from the wider world, retreating into these cult compounds, whether online or physically.

Traditional Catholicism

This group has a shared pattern of consumption and dress & blends with the TradWife & Homeschooling subcultures. They claim to be the “true church” but they are living in a very specific way. They idolize only certain things of the past, and they pick & choose certain things to purchase and focus on. The fashion tends to be the same, such as the mantilla or certain “modesty” dresses from specific websites. They pray a rosary daily, go to “first Saturdays”, and tend to have large vans with many children. They do not think of themselves as a subculture, and are therefore ignorant & pretentious, as if the “Catholic Church” ever had shared patterns of consumption, culture, or dress. This is largely an American phenomenon, where subculture hopping is a thing.

Spiritual

Includes Wicca, manifesting, astrology, crystals, “ascended masters”, Neo-paganism, tarot cards, spirit animals, yoga, meditation, and many other concepts of late 19th century European spiritual writers, such as Theosophy.

TradWife & 1950s Aesthetic

This group wants a return to certain features of the 1950s, including the TradWife aesthetic, and is primarily focused on young families & the 50s home life (mom cooking, dad at a wage job) thing.

Homeschooling

Gained ground in the 1970s. It’s primarily a Protestant movement, but has gained ground with the physical health & TradWife movements.

Physical Health

This has origins with Gypsy Boots, the Wandervogel, Rudolph Steiner, and 19th century utopian socialism. Today this has morphed into the following: organic foods, incense & essential oils, reverse osmosis water, natural foods & beauty products, boho clothing, rejecting vaccines, rejecting “germ theory of disease”, athleisure (e.g. lululemon, Patagonia vest jackets), physical fitness programs (e.g. bicycle riding, yoga, “fit is the new skinny”, crossfit, gym, barre) alternative medicine (chiropractors, homeopathy)

Cottagecore

Rural living, bread baking, Romantic & Victorian periods,

Hipsters & 1990s Nostalgia

Includes things like tight pants, indie music, Urban Outfitters, thick black glasses, thrift store shopping, piercings, tattoos, record players, and coffee shops.

Jazz

What is today called “jazz” has roots in an aesthetic primarily of the 1940s and 1950s. This has morphed in the modern era of 21st century by combining with other things, to give a modern subculture. They may blend with other things, such as social justice, electronic music

Guns

There is a large proponent of people into the guns subculture. This requires buying & stockpiling ammo.