Alex Clark wants more babies — but she’s still single at 33

Turning Point USA wellness influencer Alex Clark regularly urges her female audience to get married young, quit their jobs and have lots of babies. There’s just one problem: she’s an unmarried, childless working woman herself. In this episode, I take a closer look at Clark’s podcast, Culture Apothecary, and her role headlining events for TPUSA. Behind the lifestyle advice and wellness aesthetic is a larger political project—one that mixes anti-science health claims, pro-natalist messaging and close ties to Republican politicians. I’m joined by Rebecca Watson of skepchick.org, who shares how Clark, and other podcasters like her, are normalizing ideas that could shape the future of women’s rights and reproductive policy. Find her on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFJxE0l3cVYU4kHzi4qVEkw Subscribe here on YouTube for more Standing Room Only, airing weekly Thursdays at 5 PM ET on YouTube. 🥳 Standing Room Only started as a newsletter. Join the party and get it in your inbox 2x a week by clicking here: https://www.salon.com/newsletter 🤓 Read Amanda Marcotte's writing on Salon.com here: https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_marcotte 👍 Follow Amanda on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/amandamarcotte.bsky.social ✌️ Support Salon’s mission—become a member: https://www.salon.com/premium?utm_source=youtube-sro&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=become-a-member-ytsro 🎵 Like our Encore segment? Follow the Standing Room Only Playlist on Spotify to hear the full songs and more recommendations from Amanda: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5xGJv3dQ8BPbO2gMw53dvB Alex Clark, MAHA, Culture Apothecary podcast, Turning Point USA, pronatalism, declining birth rate debate, conservative influencers, wellness influencers politics, anti-birth control