Quote:On Monday, Kelly tweeted that women should be financially independent. And her base, who she's trained to despise any drop of perceived feminism, went for her throat.

Quote:Megyn Kelly, best known for such takes as “Santa is white,” and enthusiastically endorsing for president a man who once publicly accused her of being on her period for asking him a question, very rarely hops on Twitter with normal opinions. Yet, on Monday, she shared a rare, normal-ish take: that women should probably pursue some degree of financial independence. Of course, because she’s still an overbearing right-winger, she stressed the importance of ultimately marrying and having kids.

Megyn Kelly tweet Ladies, it is possible to make your own money, have your own career, pay for your own swanky nyc apartment (etc), AND find a man who loves you, wants to have & raise kids w/you & wants to be w/you and only you. The only thing stopping you? Your decision to settle for less.

Quote:Stephanie Hamill, a former anchor of the far-right propaganda channel One America News, quote-tweeted Kelly’s post, prefacing it by describing herself as a “regular listener” of Kelly’s podcast: “I’m a month out from giving birth and I have a toddler. I can assure you, I’m not in boss babe mode,” Hamill puzzlingly wrote. [...] “Just guessing this tweet was in response to the Ashely St. Clair / Elon Baby drama? All babies are blessings—it’s better to have babies with your husband and someone exclusively devoted to you,” she continued, throwing a major stray at their fellow conservative gal-fluencer. Hamill concludes by asking a slew of prying questions about Kelly’s childcare system and who cooks Thanksgiving dinner at her home, even though Thanksgiving isn’t for another nine months.

Quote:Another account that appears to be some sort of “trad wife” influencer quote-tweeted Kelly’s post, warning young women that “if you follow this path you will be single and alone at 35 scrambling to try to find a good guy to settle down with to finally have kids only to find that there are none left.” The top reply came from a user named Jeanna Hoch, who, herself, appears to be a business owner: “Not wanting to be a boss babe is not settling for less. My kids were raised by me, not a nanny or daycare. It’s ok to find a man who wants to provide for his family.”

Quote:One reply from a male conservative influencer reads, “This is the exact mentality creating an epidemic of single and childless women,” as if not marrying and being abused by some shitty conservative man who can probably barely pay his own bills let alone yours is a fate worse than death. [...] Another male conservative influencer told Kelly, “A thousand unborn babies are really mad at you right now.” Ah, yes: unborn babies, famously sentient and thinking about… Megyn Kelly. Other popular replies bemoan that “this mindset is actually keeping a lot of women single,” and “Competent men do not want to deal with the type of woman with everything you state.”

(Feb 18 2025, 8:50 PM)Clover Libfemmery, tradwives, internalized misogyny, and garden-variety male misogynists galore! This article has it all!