The timing couldn’t have been better: QAnon’s messaging hit home inside quarantined households nationwide as the already-disproportionate burden of caregiving on women dramatically increased. It also promised community, purpose, and excitement at a time when many friends and hobbies were out of reach. Not least of all, being a QAmom could be empowering, with the self-serving allure of identifying as a protector of the innocent while projecting the image of virtuous white femininity through digital activism.
