Conservative Women's Swimsuit Calendar Angers Christians: 'Demonic'

A limited-edition pinup calendar has infuriated some conservatives and led to debate about whether the images of women in swimsuits go against conservative values.

Conservative Dad's Ultra Right Beer released its "Real Women of America 2024 Calendar" earlier this month in "celebration of conservative women who are fighting woke [extremists] to preserve real women." It features several well-known conservatives, such as swimmer Riley Gaines, radio host Dana Loesch, former House candidate Kim Klacik and author Ashley St. Clair, among others.

But the beer calendar has been heavily criticized by conservatives, some of whom have called the calendar "demonic" for sexualizing women (including some who are married) and lacking images of women with children, as well as for being marketed to conservative dads.

"A conservative beer calendar sexualizing women in our movement and marketing it towards married conservative men is DEMONIC," Christian activist Morgan Ariel said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

Ariel continued: "Question for women: When are you going to desire to be loved, cherished and valued by a man as opposed to being sexualized and objectified by them? Your integrity should be worth more to you than a check received for a photoshoot that devalues you."

Newsweek reached out to Conservative Dad's Ultra Right Beer via email for comment.

Conservative Christian rapper Bryson Gray, who also called the calendar "demonic," called the images "pseudo-soft porn" and accused Conservative Dad's Ultra Right Beer of using Christian imagery to get men to lust after the featured women.

"I just don't see the value in marketing what's basically, in some photos, soft porn to married (or unmarried) men," conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey wrote on X. "Of course these women are gorgeous, and of course I'm all for celebrating true femininity in an age that can't define 'woman.' In my view, this doesn't accomplish that at all."

Others took issue with the fact that the calendar didn't include images of mothers or showed women with their children, which they said would be more reflective of what conservative women look like.

"Real conservative women would be too busy taking care of their homes & families to pose for a calendar," one Christian user wrote on X.

Another user wrote: "The 'conservative' calendar doesn't feature any pregnant women or photos of women with their kids because it was never actually about 'real women' or conservative values. Just sex appeal. Featuring married women, marketed to dads. We all know it. Enough gaslighting."

Lizzie Marbach, a conservative operative in Ohio, wrote, "Just a reminder that posing for a 'pin-up' calendar is not conservative and never will be,"

Seth Weathers, the CEO of Conservative Dad's Ultra Right Beer, has dubbed the reaction to his company's calendar "#CalendarGate" and defended the pinup pictures on social media. He said it was "great news" that people were outraged by the calendar because it would continue to help sales, of which 10 percent is being donated to the Riley Gaines Center and its advocacy work against trans athletes in women's sports.

Weathers' self-described "anti-woke" beer company was a response to Bud Light's decision to offer a sponsorship deal to trans activist and influencer Dylan Mulvaney. In a launch video earlier this year, Weathers said his business was an alternative for conservatives who didn't want to give money to "woke companies."

Although the pinup calendar was attacked by some conservatives, others supported it, posting images of themselves with the calendar and saying they didn't see anything wrong with it.

"My biggest gripe about the conservative women calendar is that I wasn't asked to be in it," comedian Chrissie Mayr tweeted.

"Why are conservatives mad about hot conservative women taking PG-13 photos for a calendar?" conservative commentator CJ Pearson wrote. "The other side is literally giving tampon sponsorships to chicks with d***s. Can we focus on the actual enemy for once?"