I recently got to spend time chatting with one of my favorite CARR colleagues, Augusta Dell'Omo about a growing trend in gendered radicalization in online right-wing extremist communities: QAMoms. It was a great chat and my first chance to bring my two different, but not unrelated, research worlds together. My thanks to Augusta and Rising Right! Click the image to access the episode.
From the show:
ABOUT THIS EPISODE
Guest Ashley Mattheis joins Right Rising to break down the QAnon conspiracy and its growth during the COVID-19 crisis. Along with host Augusta Dell'Omo, Ashley walks us through the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories after the election of Donald Trump in 2016 and how these ideas spread across social media. Finally, Ashley takes us on a deep dive into the world of "Momfluencers" and how their conceptions of motherhood have catalyzed QAnon's reach into the mainstream.