Thomas Aquinas is very popular on the Catholic internet—especially in high-control spaces where his work is treated as the final word on hierarchy, gender, sexuality, and social order. In this episode of Whiplash, we take a deep dive into how Aquinas’s theology was shaped by aristocratic privilege, scholastic gatekeeping, and a rigid hierarchical imagination—and how those same frameworks continue to be weaponized today. We trace the lines from medieval metaphysics to modern theobro culture, from natural law to racial hierarchy, and from “order” to the policing of bodies, desires, and belonging.