Politics

A Disorienting Weekend With the Women of Turning Point

Some sounded vaguely feminist; another doesn’t want women to vote.

First published in The Atlantic on June 9, 2026.

by Elaine Godfrey, The Atlantic

June 11, 2026 | reading time: 7 Min.

If the conservative manosphere is associated with protein powder, pomade, and ancient Rome, then the conservative womanosphere is its aesthetic opposite: a frilly wonderland of gingham tablecloths and Bible verses, as soft as goose down and as cotton-candy pink as Polly Pocket’s Country Cottage. Which is why the cannons were so startling.