The Incoherent Sexual Politics of the Right

Elon Musk just (allegedly) had his thirteenth child with a fourth woman — a 26-year-old “conservative” influencer named Ashley St. Clair. In a past version of the “traditional family values” party, this might’ve been a career-ending event. Today, it hardly generates coverage. In this episode, Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub (of In Bed With The Right) help me make sense of the right’s impossibly contradictory code of sexuality: is MAGA the movement of the hot, virile new youth, or is it the movement attempting to ban contraception and abortion? Are women supposed to spit on that thang or dress modestly? And what does Elon’s public humiliation of Ashley St. Clair reveal about a woman’s place in the New Right? Listen to bonus episodes on Patreon!   / mattbernstein   Thanks to today's sponsors! Protect yourself online, wherever you go. Get a discount on NordVPN at https://www.nordvpn.com/fruity. Get 15% off a cuter, more sustainable way to clean at https://www.blueland.com/fruity. Listen to In Bed With The Right: https://open.spotify.com/show/7JirL3U... Follow Moira on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/moiradonegan... Follow Adrian on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:6vqe... Me on Instagram:   / mattxiv   A Bit Fruity on Instagram:   / abitfruitypod   CHAPTERS: 0:00-20:42 intro: elon musk has a new kid with an influencer and no one cares 20:42-22:36 thanks nordVPN! 22:36-28:48 how we went from nancy reagan to hawk tuah 28:48-31:18 senators USED to get fired for gay mall cruising 31:18-49:47 real trad wives vs. shein trad wives 49:47-51:41 thanks blueland! 51:41-57:11 how and why the right took back sex, kinda 57:11-1:00:56 why do “conservative” women look like that now? 1:00:56-1:05:41 ian miles cheong is a weird little gremlin 1:05:41-1:15:14 the losing game of being a right-wing woman