The Strange Lie That Inspires the Far-Right Women's Sphere.

According to Vox: At the beginning of this month, Katie Miller launched her new podcast, claiming to fill a gap in the media landscape for conservative women. Miller, a former official in the Trump administration and the wife of Stephen Miller, believes that creating a stylish podcast specifically for such women is the answer to an unfulfilled need.

“For many years, I have seen that there is no place for conservative women to gather online,”

“As a mother of three small children who eats healthily, goes to the gym, and works full-time, I know that there is no podcast for women like me.”

However, this statement is not entirely accurate. Conservative women have numerous opportunities to communicate online about lifestyles, especially in the context of motherhood and health. This media space has recently been dubbed the 'women’s sphere' and is actively developing.

Conservative women can access Evie, the far-right counterpart to Cosmopolitan, which has drawn the attention of traditional media. There, there is gossip about celebrities along with conspiracy theories from Candace Owens and content from YouTube influencers like Brett Cooper. There are also podcasts such as Relatable by Christian influencer Allie Beth Stuckey that cover a variety of topics for conservative women.

It seems that Miller wants to assert her claims to female ease, which she seems to lack. In her new show, The Katie Miller Podcast, she says:

“We are going to do something for all the girls,”

“Conservative women never get questions about these topics,”

In the women’s sphere, the prices are strange and feminine — popular is the right to stay updated and to inform the world about the beneficial properties of beef tallow.

Miller is not alone in this desire. The transgressive position is one of the characteristics of the women’s sphere, where women express uncomfortable truths and raise questions that the liberal elite does not want women to know about. In this women’s sphere, prices are indeed unusual, and the right to ease, like Get Ready With Me, emphasizes these women’s pursuits.

Conservative Women and the Complaint Industry

It should be noted that Miller rightly points out the insufficient presence of conservative women in traditional media. For a long time, women’s lifestyle journalism was predominantly conservative, but in recent years, media reporting for women has taken a feminist position. In the mid-2010s, it experienced an explosion of progressive blogs like The Hairpin, The Cut, and Slate’s Double X.

The modern women’s sphere is developing, much like the men's sphere, actively beyond traditional media platforms, among podcasters and YouTube influencers. Miller’s podcast fits into this new ecosystem.

The women’s sphere is not the only element of the conservative ecosystem that picks up notions of disadvantage and builds a mythology about liberal oppression.

A part of the worldview of this space is that other media do not exist: These influencers believe that there is no women’s sphere. They claim that it is impossible to make a profitable career if one speaks against 'growth', only in their publication.

Miller and her like-minded peers need victim images to motivate themselves to create podcasts, YouTube channels, and magazines, as they feel they are not adequately recognized for their appeal and successes. Starting a new podcast becomes a way to gain the necessary recognition. Simultaneously, emphasizing the idea that there is a gap in the market raises the value of their podcast.

Women’s Sphere vs. Men’s Sphere

The claim that Republican women never receive recognition for their beauty contradicts recent attempts by Republicans to portray the beauty of women as their own merit. In recent years, the right has tried to present images of three women as cultural phenomena who allegedly supported their ideas from the beginning.

In the men’s sphere, interest in beautiful women is often mixed with hatred, where contempt hides behind the celebration of beauty. At the same time, the women’s sphere has a stronger focus on the culture of purity, which becomes a mirror of this hatred.

Miller often speaks of her status as a mother and wife, pointing out that her competitors insist on traditional values. Her podcast will attempt to bring these issues to the forefront by creating an image of a woman who has not been recognized before.

Thus, the women’s sphere reflects the feeling of unfulfilled promises: These women were assured that they would receive attention and recognition, but this did not happen. The Katie Miller Podcast seeks to change this situation, but in reality, it is just another element in a crowded conservative media landscape fueled by outdated notions of victimhood.