Jun 18, 2025 05:09 PM
Any country that's not trying to remedy its population collapse with the unpopular (or at least controversial) mass migrant influx strategy better be making more babies.
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‘More Babies and Beef Tallow, Less Blue Hair and Birth Control’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-b...r-AA1GUsaX
INTRO: Hundreds of young women in floral sundresses and cowboy boots are line-dancing on the floor of a ballroom in a Dallas convention center. The bows and barrettes in their hair bob as they clap, stomp, twirl, and shimmy to the Christian hip-hop song “Church Clap” by KB featuring Lecrae. The many young mothers in the audience bounce their newborns on their hips and mouth the lyrics.
“Do liberals do this?” asks the woman seated next to me, a flaxen-haired accountant from Kansas City dressed in Jackie Kennedy tweed. I have to concede that usually they do not, unless copious amounts of alcohol and/or ketamine are involved. I hate how much I’m enjoying this. I also hate how much I want a pair of bedazzled white cowboy boots.
This is my introduction to the Young Women’s Leadership Summit, an annual conference for young women who are involved in Turning Point USA, the Charlie Kirk–founded student conservative group. Now in its tenth year, the summit attracts thousands of women from across the country, most of whom are in their teens and early 20s.
They lined up for selfies in front of a mirror printed with the slogan, “You look stunning, now go out there and save America”; shoveled down açai bowls at the concessions booth; and chatted about guys they hoped to see at the upcoming co-ed Student Action Summit in Tampa. They roamed the halls wearing buttons that said “Dump Your Socialist Boyfriend,” “My Favorite Season Is the Fall of Feminism,” and “I don’t need a degree to succeed.” The vibe of the entire weekend was like a sorority mixer, albeit with fewer kamikazes and more references to the Book of Ruth.
“Let’s just be honest: It’s never been hotter to be a conservative,” Alex Clark, host of the popular wellness podcast Culture Apothecary, said in her opening remarks. “The left, they’ve got Tiktok activists with five shades of autism, panic attacks, and a ring light. We’ve got girls who look like they just walked off the cover of Vogue and can deadlift more than Harry Sisson,” the leftist TikToker. The crowd erupted into peals of laughter and applause.
Though a majority of women between the ages of 18 and 29 voted for Kamala Harris during the 2024 election, support for Trump grew by seven points among that same group compared to 2020. That number pales in comparison to the share of Gen-Z men who swung toward Trump — 58 percent, according to one poll — but the right is quick to tout it as evidence of mainstream culture shifting in their direction.
“Conservatism is selling sexy in all aspects,” Clark told me after her speech. “Even the branding for President Trump’s campaign is so aesthetic and so genius and brilliant. The Make America Great Again hat is going to be a pure Americana staple forever. We are pop culture now.”
But the more time I spent in that ballroom, the more obvious it became that conservatism’s appeal to the young women gathered inside had little to do with Trump himself. Few young women I spoke to mentioned him by name; some even said they disliked him. The number of bedazzled cowboy hats and pastel bows in the audience far eclipsed the number of MAGA caps. Instead, the women seemed to be drawn to the speakers’ soft-focus brand of femininity.
“The left wants women to feel angry and like victims, and like your rights are being taken away,” Arynne Wexler, a 31-year-old influencer, told me. “Whereas we think women are beautiful and serve a great purpose, and we elevate them in our own right.” In this world, instead of a machine to rage against, there was a vision of “more babies and beef tallow, less blue hair and birth control,” as Clark put it in her speech. A
n attendee could leave that talk and wander over to the merch tables to buy We Heart Nutrition omega-3 supplements (“10 percent of your purchase goes to pro-life pregnancy centers!” a sign next to them read), “MAHA red” lip glosses, and $70 pastel crewneck sweaters that read, “Healing a sick culture physically, emotionally, and spirituality.” (MORE - details)
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‘More Babies and Beef Tallow, Less Blue Hair and Birth Control’
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/more-b...r-AA1GUsaX
INTRO: Hundreds of young women in floral sundresses and cowboy boots are line-dancing on the floor of a ballroom in a Dallas convention center. The bows and barrettes in their hair bob as they clap, stomp, twirl, and shimmy to the Christian hip-hop song “Church Clap” by KB featuring Lecrae. The many young mothers in the audience bounce their newborns on their hips and mouth the lyrics.
“Do liberals do this?” asks the woman seated next to me, a flaxen-haired accountant from Kansas City dressed in Jackie Kennedy tweed. I have to concede that usually they do not, unless copious amounts of alcohol and/or ketamine are involved. I hate how much I’m enjoying this. I also hate how much I want a pair of bedazzled white cowboy boots.
This is my introduction to the Young Women’s Leadership Summit, an annual conference for young women who are involved in Turning Point USA, the Charlie Kirk–founded student conservative group. Now in its tenth year, the summit attracts thousands of women from across the country, most of whom are in their teens and early 20s.
They lined up for selfies in front of a mirror printed with the slogan, “You look stunning, now go out there and save America”; shoveled down açai bowls at the concessions booth; and chatted about guys they hoped to see at the upcoming co-ed Student Action Summit in Tampa. They roamed the halls wearing buttons that said “Dump Your Socialist Boyfriend,” “My Favorite Season Is the Fall of Feminism,” and “I don’t need a degree to succeed.” The vibe of the entire weekend was like a sorority mixer, albeit with fewer kamikazes and more references to the Book of Ruth.
“Let’s just be honest: It’s never been hotter to be a conservative,” Alex Clark, host of the popular wellness podcast Culture Apothecary, said in her opening remarks. “The left, they’ve got Tiktok activists with five shades of autism, panic attacks, and a ring light. We’ve got girls who look like they just walked off the cover of Vogue and can deadlift more than Harry Sisson,” the leftist TikToker. The crowd erupted into peals of laughter and applause.
Though a majority of women between the ages of 18 and 29 voted for Kamala Harris during the 2024 election, support for Trump grew by seven points among that same group compared to 2020. That number pales in comparison to the share of Gen-Z men who swung toward Trump — 58 percent, according to one poll — but the right is quick to tout it as evidence of mainstream culture shifting in their direction.
“Conservatism is selling sexy in all aspects,” Clark told me after her speech. “Even the branding for President Trump’s campaign is so aesthetic and so genius and brilliant. The Make America Great Again hat is going to be a pure Americana staple forever. We are pop culture now.”
But the more time I spent in that ballroom, the more obvious it became that conservatism’s appeal to the young women gathered inside had little to do with Trump himself. Few young women I spoke to mentioned him by name; some even said they disliked him. The number of bedazzled cowboy hats and pastel bows in the audience far eclipsed the number of MAGA caps. Instead, the women seemed to be drawn to the speakers’ soft-focus brand of femininity.
“The left wants women to feel angry and like victims, and like your rights are being taken away,” Arynne Wexler, a 31-year-old influencer, told me. “Whereas we think women are beautiful and serve a great purpose, and we elevate them in our own right.” In this world, instead of a machine to rage against, there was a vision of “more babies and beef tallow, less blue hair and birth control,” as Clark put it in her speech. A
n attendee could leave that talk and wander over to the merch tables to buy We Heart Nutrition omega-3 supplements (“10 percent of your purchase goes to pro-life pregnancy centers!” a sign next to them read), “MAHA red” lip glosses, and $70 pastel crewneck sweaters that read, “Healing a sick culture physically, emotionally, and spirituality.” (MORE - details)
