The Incoherent Sexual Politics of the Right
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What sparked the conversation about Elon Musk and Ashley St. Clair?
The left doesn't want you to spit on that thing. Hello, hello, and welcome back to A Bit Fruity, the podcast where my philosophy on sex has always been the same. You should have as much of it as you want, especially if it's gay. Earlier this month, a 26-year-old semi-successful right-wing social media influencer named Ashley St. Clair made an announcement. Ashley is perhaps best known for her anti-trans children's book called Elephants Are Not Birds, which, you guessed it, is about a young elephant who is tricked into thinking he can become a bird. Elephants Are Not Birds is published by Brave Books, a right-wing book publisher that, quote, "...partners with people of moral integrity to teach complex Christian and conservative values."
And so on Valentine's Day, just a few days ago, Ashley St. Clair's announcement to the world was this. Moira, would you like to read it so we can get like a woman?
The feminine touch. Yeah. Yeah. Five months ago, I welcomed a new baby into the world. Elon Musk is the father. I have not previously disclosed this to protect our child's privacy and safety, but in recent days it has become clear that tabloid media intends to do so, regardless of the harm it will cause. I intend to allow our child to grow in a normal and safe environment. For that reason, I ask that the media honor our child's privacy and refrain from invasive reporting. And at the bottom it says... Media, Brian Gilclitch, Digital Strategy Limited. Brian at digitalstrategylimited.com.
That was really good. That was good. You're ready to play the Ashley St. Clair biopic.
Yes, absolutely. I'm gunning for that role.
This would be Elon Musk's 13th child with a total of four different women. Since the announcement, Ashley's become the subject of enormous waves of every possible reaction, from congratulations to just about everything you'd imagine the internet would have to say about a relatively obscure young woman who births a famous man's child out of wedlock. And to be clear, I am no fan nor friend of Ashley St. Clair. But, you know, she seems to be going through a lot. And Elon has been quiet. Elon's only public acknowledgement of any of this so far has been in response to a tweet from longtime gay neo-Nazi Milo Yiannopoulos, who tweeted that Ashley, a 26-year-old, I'm 26. I'm 26. What am I doing? I could be having Elon Musk's child if I played my cards right. Milo Yiannopoulos tweeted that Ashley, a 26-year-old, has been scheming for, quote, over half a decade to trap Elon into having a child with her. To which Elon responded, one word, whoa.
I haven't been around that long, but even when I was a kid, a story like this would have been the only thing that anyone in America talks about for months. Yet now it feels anodyne. Like, you probably haven't even heard about it. In a time when some of the biggest brands associated with the new right are barstool and UFC fighting, and when half of the president's cabinet is actively fighting against their own sexual assault allegations, and... Of course, when the president himself is a decades-long serial cheater and sexual predator, this story broke, and it's kind of just like, you know, happy Valentine's Day. I often make jokes online about the erosion of traditional conservative values within the party that's for decades branded itself as the party of traditional conservative values. But it's all starting to feel like that erosion is a feature, not a bug, of the party. And that's what I want to talk about in today's episode. To do that today, I have invited two friends and fellow podcasters.
Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub are hosts of In Bed With The Right, a podcast about the right's ideas on gender and sex and sexuality, which I've actually been on. So for some reason you want to hear more of me, you can go listen to my episode over there. And I am so excited to have you here. You guys are experts on whatever is going on here. So thank you for joining.
Thank you so much for having us. It's so nice to be here, Matt.
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