The hoes are “clocked in,” listening to vulgar, but comical, rhetoric down State Street and up Bascom Hill. If anything can be taken away from these preachings, it’s to steer clear of margaritas and fraternity boys.
TikTok-famous preacher Sister Cindy, or Cindy Smock, stopped at the University of Wisconsin-Madison this week to express her beliefs against pre-marital sex and hook-up culture as part of her 2026 “Ho No Mo” Revolution tour.
Hundreds of students came to see the event at Library Mall, with many receiving “Ho No Mo” pins for participating in her “sermon” — or even for simply being virgins. Most students know her from TikTok, where she has gained more than 400,000 followers.
Smock is known for her shock value commentary, especially because her message is delivered with an emphasis on humor.
She asked one student at the event if they were a virgin because “[they] don't want any or because [they] don’t get any,” and later started quoting “WAP” by Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion.
Her main topic of discussion was “Hoe-ology 101,” where she encouraged students to tell their professors they would be missing class for a lesson on the “seven levels of hoe-ness,” a rip on the “seven deadly sins.”
Smock has been visiting college campuses since 1979, with UW-Madison — or UW-Madi-SIN, as she has dubbed the campus — being a frequent stop on her yearly tours.
UW-Madison has more "atheists and agnostics” compared to other campuses, but they are “receptive,” “engaged” and willing to “discuss the issues” and “hear about God,” Smock told the Cardinal.
While she believes there is “a lot of sin in Wiscon-SIN,” she said she still loves the campus.
Although Smock has a strict opinion on pre-marital sex and Christianity, she said her perspective on certain groups has changed throughout the years since she has been touring college campuses.
Smock, despite previously holding conservative viewpoints on the LGBTQ+ community, expressed her support by saying “Lesbians have to Ho No Mo also,” and emphasizing that “We are very inclusive out here today.”
However, she also reflected stereotypical viewpoints of queer women, referring to women who have “rainbow-colored silicon dildos” in their backpacks but pose as lesbians as “hypocrite lesbians.” This got a lot of eyerolls and sighs from the audience.
Many students, similarly to last year, came for entertainment purposes, or simply to get a “Ho No Mo” button.
UW-Madison junior Adeline Golatke told the Cardinal she thinks Smock brings joy to students on campus.
“They can laugh at her and not really [laugh] with her,” she said.
Many students agreed with Golatke, attending for the comedy, but claiming they did not believe in what she was preaching.
In response to students coming to her presentations solely for entertainment, Smock reflected on her own years at college where she also “[listened] to the preacher for entertainment.”
She claimed she participated in the same way students here do — “mocking, laughing, making fun.” She said she “ended up getting a little more than entertainment. I even ended up marrying [the preacher].”
Sister Cindy attended the University of Florida in the late 1970s, where she met her late husband and preacher, Brother Jed Smock.
The two did not officially get together until Cindy Smock turned to Christianity. She said if she had not attended his sermons purely for “entertainment,” she never would have become the TikTok-famous Sister Cindy she is today.
She told the Cardinal she has faith her message will get through to even just a few members of her audience in the same way.
“Let me entertain you,” Smock said with a grin. “I am here to give you the best show of your college career.”
