The Femininomenon: Decoding Feminine Energy In the Trump Era

Inside the Hive

Vanity Fair

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4.2 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

As “masculine energy” pulses through the manosphere, it’s time to take a look at the women of the right, from Fox News-friendly Trump officials to Gen-Z YouTube talkers to nap dress-clad lifestyle influencers. Host and Vanity Fair editor-in-chief Radhika Jones, along with executive editor Claire Howorth and Hive editor Michael Calderone, unpack what it means to be a MAGA woman today, whether that's wielding power in Washington or amassing followers on TikTok—and what these political and cultural roles say about the state of feminism in America.

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0:00.0	Claire and Michael, the time has come to draft a headline for today's episode.
0:07.0	And it's a dozy.
0:10.0	I think we got to talk about feminine energy.
0:13.0	Feminine energy.
0:15.0	Feminine energy.
0:17.0	You're getting there.
0:19.0	Who's heard of Chapel Rhone?
0:22.3	Feminine nomin.
0:24.5	That's where I was going.
0:28.0	Decoding feminine energy in the Trump era.
0:28.9	Oh, that's a good one.
0:32.6	I want there to be something in it about ruffles and nap dresses.
0:34.6	Our milkmaids.
0:35.9	Life on the farm.
0:37.9	The farm team? The milkmaiden. Life on the farm. The farm team?
0:39.1	The milkmaidens tale.
0:47.5	Welcome to Inside the Hive from Vanity Fair,
0:50.0	podcast about power and the people who love it.
0:52.7	I'm Radica Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair,
0:55.1	and I'm joined by executive editor Claire Howorth. Hi, Radica. And Hive editor Michael Calderon. Hey, Radica Jones, the editor of Vanity Fair, and I'm joined by executive editor Claire Howorth.
0:55.9	Hi, Radica.
0:57.9	And Hive editor Michael Calderon.
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