The Christian Right's Cunning Rebranding: How Casey Means Embodies the 'MAHA' Agenda
Casey Means, Donald Trump's new pick for Surgeon General, has been making headlines with her unorthodox views on spirituality and medicine. The 32-year-old means favors a more New Age approach to wellness, often incorporating elements of mysticism and pseudoscience into her writing. This aligns perfectly with the Christian Right's latest strategy: rebranding its retrograde ideas under a veneer of woo-woo aesthetics.
Means' affinity for spirituality is not new, having previously expressed interest in full moon ceremonies and performing rituals to connect with nature. These practices, once fringe within American Christianity, are now being normalized by charismatic leaders like Tucker Carlson, who has been promoting a more supernaturalist approach to faith healing and miracle-working.
The Christian Right's embracing of paganism-esque language is not surprising, given its long history of exploiting fake science and conspiracy theories. In this case, Means is aligning herself with the Religious Right against a common enemy: feminism. By discarding her identity as a feminist in favor of embracing the "divine feminine," Means is reinforcing a patriarchal message that has been central to Christian conservatism for decades.
Means' appointment to Surgeon General highlights the Christian Right's willingness to co-opt mainstream institutions and use them to promote its agenda. Her brother, Calley Means, has secured a position as a special government employee assisting HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, who is using his appeal to people outside the Religious Right to launder far-right health policies.
Kennedy's latest move involves ordering the FDA to review the legality of mifepristone, a drug used for abortion. He claims this is necessary due to "new data" from a Christian right organization that falsely alleges abortion pills are dangerous. This is not new for Kennedy, who has a history of embracing fake science and ignoring real science.
The Christian Right's 'MAHA' agenda is built on the lie that Americans were healthier in the pre-vaccination era. This notion ignores decades of progress in public health interventions like vaccines and contraception, which have saved countless lives. Instead, the Christian Right is promoting a deeply anti-feminist message, tying naturalistic aesthetics to patriarchal gender roles.
Christian conservatives are not merely riding the coattails of charlatans like Kennedy or Means siblings; they are actively using "MAHA" packaging to claim that abortion pills must be banned under anti-pollution laws. This is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to exploit the environment for their own agenda, as Kristi Hamrick, Vice President of Students for Life of America, put it: "This is not because the environment was my first weapon of choice — it's because it's the one we have now."
By employing this tactics, Christian conservatives are effectively using lies and conspiracy theories to replace science-based medicine. The perceived "sin" of abortion is being transmitted through water, a notion that defies scientific evidence and instead relies on magical thinking.
Casey Means, Donald Trump's new pick for Surgeon General, has been making headlines with her unorthodox views on spirituality and medicine. The 32-year-old means favors a more New Age approach to wellness, often incorporating elements of mysticism and pseudoscience into her writing. This aligns perfectly with the Christian Right's latest strategy: rebranding its retrograde ideas under a veneer of woo-woo aesthetics.
Means' affinity for spirituality is not new, having previously expressed interest in full moon ceremonies and performing rituals to connect with nature. These practices, once fringe within American Christianity, are now being normalized by charismatic leaders like Tucker Carlson, who has been promoting a more supernaturalist approach to faith healing and miracle-working.
The Christian Right's embracing of paganism-esque language is not surprising, given its long history of exploiting fake science and conspiracy theories. In this case, Means is aligning herself with the Religious Right against a common enemy: feminism. By discarding her identity as a feminist in favor of embracing the "divine feminine," Means is reinforcing a patriarchal message that has been central to Christian conservatism for decades.
Means' appointment to Surgeon General highlights the Christian Right's willingness to co-opt mainstream institutions and use them to promote its agenda. Her brother, Calley Means, has secured a position as a special government employee assisting HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy, who is using his appeal to people outside the Religious Right to launder far-right health policies.
Kennedy's latest move involves ordering the FDA to review the legality of mifepristone, a drug used for abortion. He claims this is necessary due to "new data" from a Christian right organization that falsely alleges abortion pills are dangerous. This is not new for Kennedy, who has a history of embracing fake science and ignoring real science.
The Christian Right's 'MAHA' agenda is built on the lie that Americans were healthier in the pre-vaccination era. This notion ignores decades of progress in public health interventions like vaccines and contraception, which have saved countless lives. Instead, the Christian Right is promoting a deeply anti-feminist message, tying naturalistic aesthetics to patriarchal gender roles.
Christian conservatives are not merely riding the coattails of charlatans like Kennedy or Means siblings; they are actively using "MAHA" packaging to claim that abortion pills must be banned under anti-pollution laws. This is nothing more than a thinly veiled attempt to exploit the environment for their own agenda, as Kristi Hamrick, Vice President of Students for Life of America, put it: "This is not because the environment was my first weapon of choice — it's because it's the one we have now."
By employing this tactics, Christian conservatives are effectively using lies and conspiracy theories to replace science-based medicine. The perceived "sin" of abortion is being transmitted through water, a notion that defies scientific evidence and instead relies on magical thinking.
. This 'MAHA' agenda seems like just a fancy way of pushing their own outdated views on women's rights and medicine 
. It's crazy how they're trying to blend in with more mainstream ideas, but at the same time, they're still promoting some pretty sketchy stuff. I mean, who needs fake science and conspiracy theories telling us what to do about our health? Not me, that's for sure! 
This whole thing with Casey Means and the Surgeon General spotlights how some groups try to sneakily push their agendas by rebranding them as 'spiritual' or 'natural'. It's like, they take old ideas and give them a hipster makeover 
. The fact that she's now embracing this woo-woo approach is super concerning. I mean, it's not hard to see how her views could get distorted into 'pro-life' rhetoric, and before we know it, fake science and pseudoscience are seeping into our healthcare system 
. It's like, let's focus on actual facts and evidence-based medicine, you know? 
Casey Means just embodies everything I don't want in my healthcare - all this woo-woo spirituality stuff? give me facts over fairy dust any day! And can we talk about how they're trying to use the environment as an excuse to ban abortion? like, no thanks. They're not fooling anyone with that 'natural' rhetoric 
. We need science-based medicine, not some pseudo-scientific nonsense. And what's up with these siblings getting jobs in government? it's like they're just cashing in on their family fame 
She's literally promoting super old-fashioned & woo-woo views on spirituality & medicine, which is SO not what we need in a position of power 
. And let's be real, her "divine feminine" vibe is just code for patriarchal BS 
. It's just a cheap attempt to distract us from their true agenda: promoting fake science & conspiracy theories 
and that our public health systems are built on decades of hard work & progress? The Christian Right's "MAHA" agenda is just a bunch of lies & conspiracy theories wrapped up in a pretty package 
. We need to stay vigilant & call out this BS for what it is 
It's all about control and manipulating people's perceptions. The Christian Right's got a lot of nerve trying to co-opt mainstream institutions and push their own agenda. We need to keep an eye on this one... 
and don't even get me started on Kennedy's mifepristone debacle 
they're using fake science to push their agenda and it's SOOO not okay 
and can we talk about how they're trying to tie abortion to environmentalism? 
casey means is a perfect example of this, she's not even hiding her true intentions anymore 
the christian right is just using fake science and conspiracy theories to further their agenda, and we shouldnt be falling for it 
casey means' new age vibes are just a nice way of saying she's being super vague and not answering any hard questions 
. Remember when they used the "compassionate conservatism" label to sneak in some pretty conservative ideologies? It's like the Christian Right is trying to dust off old tricks and rebrand them as "woo-woo aesthetics" 
. And what's with all this fuss about spirituality and mysticism? We've seen that before, especially during the 90s New Age craze 
. Anyway, I'm not sure if it's a good idea to normalize paganism-esque language or tie naturalistic aesthetics to patriarchal gender roles 
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. It's like they're trying to make themselves sound more palatable to the mainstream 
. But let's be real, this is just a power grab and an attempt to infiltrate institutions like medicine and healthcare 
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. This 'MAHA' agenda is just a thinly veiled attempt to manipulate people with lies and conspiracy theories 
. Can we please just focus on the facts? 
We must accept the truth from history rather than fantasy.
And people are still not seeing how this is all just a big ploy to control women's bodies and push anti-vaccine propaganda 
I'm just saying, her whole 'divine feminine' thing sounds like a total cop-out to me