Christian Moms Gone Witchy
The razor thin line between Evangelicalism and New Ageism - Part I
I’ve been following Rose Henges for several years. She wears billowy linen, her locks are long and flowing, she champions home births, and her entire vibe is earth mother goddess. For a while, she sold candles, face creams, and hand-dyed tea towels through a little online home shop.
But it wasn’t Henges’ lilac-infused body oils that led me to devote several pages of Momfluenced to her. Like many similar momfluencers, Henges has peddled a real grab bag of ideologies through the years.
At the height of Covid, when airlines were mandating masks, Henges jubilantly posted Instagram stories of herself wearing a mask made of something like cheesecloth as a little fuck you to the whole notion of public health. Henges is one of the first momfluencers I came across who preached against sunscreen, she of course denounces vaccinations, and thought of Trump as a leader ordained by God to lead America out of the dark and into the light. Because her aesthetic is so disarmingly pretty, commenters often ask her for children’s clothing brand recommendations while also inquiring about her “research” into the deep state.
Throughout it all, Henges has described herself as Christian, and has repeatedly god-washed (is that a term?) many of her more harmful beliefs, explaining that her faith in Jesus directs her actions, and so, those actions are morally untouchable.
But a couple weeks ago, Henges posted this, and her thousands of Christian followers were NOT happy.
