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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(137,339 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 02:33 PM Monday

Erika Kirk Told Men To Lead and Provide. She Told Women To Nurture. Hillsdale Students Saw It Coming

Before Erika Kirk arrived at Hillsdale, the college's own students had registered their objection.

The Collegian, Hillsdale's student newspaper, reported in March that some seniors were concerned the invitation would politicize their graduation. "Some seniors expressed concern that inviting Kirk to address the class of 2026 does not reflect the desires of the student body and will be perceived as a political statement, distracting from the accomplishments of the graduating class," the paper wrote.

Then she took the stage Saturday before hundreds of graduates and thousands of guests at the Margot V. Biermann Athletic Center in Hillsdale, Michigan, and delivered the speech anyway.

Link to tweet

The "marry young" advice got the most coverage from Saturday's address. But the gender prescription Kirk delivered was more specific, and more charged, than the marriage line alone.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/erika-kirk-told-men-lead-165119876.html

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Erika Kirk Told Men To Lead and Provide. She Told Women To Nurture. Hillsdale Students Saw It Coming (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Monday OP

I get that MAGA has sainted her, but damn she is a "piece of work..." hlthe2b Monday #1

Her 15 minutes are up. Dulcinea Monday #2

EK giving a commencement speech is on-brand for Hillsdale; the students LeftinOH Monday #3

She needs to lead by example. Blue Full Moon Monday #4

Is that Pat Sajak sitting in the background? AStern Monday #5

Probably. He has been involved with Hillsdale for a long time. Biophilic Monday #8

Now Chairman of the Board there. multigraincracker Monday #12

They gave her an honorary doctorate. LudwigPastorius Monday #6

She is simply disgusting. Do what I tell you, not what I"m doing. Biophilic Monday #7

"Go forth and breed. Breed, breed, breed! You are the brood mares of America!" Vinca Monday #9

WTF did they expect? mercuryblues Monday #10

Under his eye........ moose65 Monday #11

You know you're in trouble when you lose the students at Hillsdale College jmowreader Monday #13

hlthe2b

(114,654 posts)

1. I get that MAGA has sainted her, but damn she is a "piece of work..."

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 02:36 PM

Monday

I feel sorry for this college's graduates. 'Way to spoil it for them administration!

Dulcinea

(10,302 posts)

2. Her 15 minutes are up.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 02:37 PM

Monday

This grifting skank refuses to go away, ever, it seems. Someone get the hook already!

LeftinOH

(5,673 posts)

3. EK giving a commencement speech is on-brand for Hillsdale; the students

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 02:58 PM

Monday

there are already part of the environment that feeds on this nonsense.

Blue Full Moon

(3,648 posts)

4. She needs to lead by example.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:01 PM

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Shut up and stay home.

AStern

(914 posts)

5. Is that Pat Sajak sitting in the background?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:06 PM

Monday

????

Biophilic

(6,674 posts)

8. Probably. He has been involved with Hillsdale for a long time.

Reply to AStern (Reply #5)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:26 PM

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multigraincracker

(38,032 posts)

12. Now Chairman of the Board there.

Reply to AStern (Reply #5)

Mon May 11, 2026, 04:09 PM

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LudwigPastorius

(14,989 posts)

6. They gave her an honorary doctorate.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:10 PM

Monday

I presume it was in "Performative Widowhood".

Biophilic

(6,674 posts)

7. She is simply disgusting. Do what I tell you, not what I"m doing.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:25 PM

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Vinca

(54,325 posts)

9. "Go forth and breed. Breed, breed, breed! You are the brood mares of America!"

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:27 PM

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mercuryblues

(16,515 posts)

10. WTF did they expect?

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:34 PM

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They mix politics and religion there. So yeah, Erica was at home. Her late hubby talked the college up because it "had the right mix of politics and religion"

The students knew what they signed up for, they enrolled because of it. Their tears mean less than Erica's.

moose65

(3,463 posts)

11. Under his eye........

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 03:35 PM

Monday

We are becoming Gilead.

jmowreader

(53,388 posts)

13. You know you're in trouble when you lose the students at Hillsdale College

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Mon May 11, 2026, 04:18 PM

Monday

Half the buildings in that place have Jay Van Andel's name on them. Who's he? Mr. Van Andel is the right-wing Christofascist nut who co-founded Amway.

I've said previously that the whole Turning Point scam is going to collapse by the end of the year. This may be the catalyst. When students at Hillsdale College - basically, the epicenter of right-wing academia - say "don't bring her here" you know they're screwed.

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