Utah Is a Social Experiment at This Point...

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A special thanks to Ground News for sponsoring today's video. Ground News is a great way to stay informed and get outside your media bubble. New subscribers using my link get 40% off the Vantage plan! Visit https://ground.news/alyssa to get your discount. ~~~~~~~~ Utah goes viral because there is so much conformity, it looks scripted. It’s a bizarre mix of the Truman Show and Stepford Wives. From teenage-looking weddings, soda bars, leg poses, jorts, and spray tans, a high-control religion shaped the timelines, aesthetics, and social rewards of the entire state of Utah. Even people who leave Mormonism still live inside the system it built, where conformity = righteousness and perfection is currency. This video zooms out from Utah hair to explain why Utah feels like a social experiment hiding in plain sight. ~~~~~~~~ A few resources I mention in the video: *My Patreon video reacting to my very Mormon wedding photos: https://www.patreon.com/posts/reacting-to-my-149431871?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link *My video on Utah hair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SghIlThF2g4 *Fortnight wedding: https://www.tiktok.com/@brock_and_kesley/video/7565557876622691615?_r=1&_t=ZP-93S7wxNOvvT *Dancing at gas stations: https://www.tiktok.com/@jennaclawson/video/7596946358708210999?_r=1&_t=ZP-93S8ADIgkJT *Utah leg pose: https://www.tiktok.com/@imyagrandmotha/video/7597185447877463318?_r=1&_t=ZP-93S8UHjWEJS *Soda drunk: https://www.tiktok.com/@thefifthfloorutah/video/7597944883646713101?_r=1&_t=ZP-93S9vjvMTuR *Study on % of Utah that is Mormon: https://drive.google.com/file/d/15xLXLFxC4owjRvnqJoPfvxrTyCf7bF1j/view *Mormon church reports number of Mormons in Utah: https://newsroom.churchofjesuschrist.org/facts-and-statistics/state/utah *Mormon wedding dress: https://www.tiktok.com/@lexieriches/video/7597836236950080798?_r=1&_t=ZP-93S7rIBfoMQ *Reporting on age of marriage in Utah: https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2025/10/06/utah-youngest-married-age *Getting soda after getting married in the temple: https://www.tiktok.com/@samanthakayy21/video/7497381584564243758?_r=1&_t=ZP-93S9Nq2n86o *My video on the colonization of Utah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJtZguq1Zz4 *My video on what led to Joseph Smith’s death: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BJqFHEyW4s *Video explaining Disney Mormons: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrdIDK5B0Bw *The racist history of the Mormon church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lhi_UaAMvM *Big dumb cup SNL skit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2tUO2mp99Q *My video explaining MLMs in Utah: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueGcVlo7XV0 ~~~~~~~~~~ Where to find me: *Patreon (ad free & bonus content): https://patreon.com/alyssadgrenfell?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink *Read my book, How to Leave the Mormon Church: https://amzn.to/4na4rpo *TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@alyssadgrenfell?lang=en *Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alyssadgrenfell/?hl=en *Email me: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~ Support my channel: *Patreon (ad free & bonus content): https://patreon.com/alyssadgrenfell?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink