# Calendargate Calendargate was the December 2023 online right-wing meltdown over Ultra Right Beer's Conservative Dad's Real Women of America 2024 Calendar, which showed female conservative influencers in lingerie and swimsuits. The fight split the movement between religious figures calling the pin-ups 'demonic' and pro-calendar voices mocking them as prudes, climaxing in a 20,000-listener X Space hosted by Jack Posobiec on December 27th. ## Origin Catalyst event: Seth Weathers, founder of Ultra Right Beer, launched the Conservative Dad's Real Women of America 2024 Calendar on December 7th, 2023 as a Christmas-season release, with 10% of sales pledged to the Riley Gaines Center[2]. Weathers framed the product as a push against 'wokeism' in women's sports and told Fox Business the calendar would remind viewers that 'men can never replace the beautiful women of America'[2]. Meme emergence: the actual Calendargate discourse kicked off on Christmas Eve, December 24th, 2023, when the network around @RealBrysonGray posted that the calendar was 'demonic,' a tweet that pulled over 1,000 likes within four days[1]. Josie the Redheaded Libertarian, Miss November on the calendar, replied to Gray mockingly, and the hashtag #Calendargate began attaching itself to the exchange across X[1]. - **Platform:** Ultra Right Beer website (product launch) / X (viral spread) - **Creator:** Seth Weathers (Ultra Right Beer) - **Date:** 2023 ## Overview Calendargate, also tagged #Calendargate on X, was the two-week argument that broke out across right-wing social media in late December 2023 over whether a pin-up calendar of conservative influencers was wholesome marketing or soft-core sleaze[1]. The product at the center of it was Ultra Right Beer's Conservative Dad's Real Women of America 2024 Calendar, which paired twelve named conservative women, including Riley Gaines, Dana Loesch and Ashley St. Clair, with lingerie and swimsuit photos[2]. The debate split the online right into two camps. Religious and 'trad' accounts attacked the calendar as pornographic and accused buyers of being 'degenerate coomers,' while pro-calendar voices, led by the models themselves and figures like Jack Posobiec, mocked the critics as scolds and engagement farmers[1]. A recurring undertone was that both sides accused each other of grifting off the fight for clout[1]. ## How to Use Participants typically picked a side by quote-tweeting a model or a critic with the #Calendargate tag. Common posts included screenshots of the calendar pages next to Bible verses from the religious camp, or screenshots of the critics captioned with 'puritan' jokes from the pro-calendar side. Models like Josie the Redheaded Libertarian often replied in character, leaning into the critics' insults rather than defending the photos on their merits[1]. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is Calendargate? Calendargate is the December 2023 online right-wing argument over Ultra Right Beer's Conservative Dad's Real Women of America 2024 Calendar, which showed conservative influencers in lingerie and swimsuits[1]. ### Where did Calendargate come from? The calendar went on sale December 7th, 2023[2], and the Calendargate fight itself started on Christmas Eve when @RealBrysonGray called the product 'demonic' on X[1]. ### What does Calendargate mean? It is a '-gate' suffix nickname for the fight between religious and libertine factions of the online right about whether pin-up photos of conservative women fit the movement's stated values[1]. ### How do you use Calendargate? People used the #Calendargate hashtag on X to quote-tweet models or critics, usually with jokes casting the other side as either puritans or 'degenerate coomers'[1]. ### Is Calendargate still popular? No. The discourse peaked around Jack Posobiec's December 27th, 2023 X Space and George Santos's Cameo endorsement the next day[3], and faded along with the 2024 calendar's shelf life. ## References 1. [https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/anti-woke-beer-company-teams-up-riley-gaines-launch-real-women-america-calendar]() 2. [https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/calendargate]() 3. [https://x.com/i/status/1740209636404527106]() --- Source: https://meme.com/memes/calendargate Published by meme.com — The Internet Meme Library