The Myth of the Tradwife

This week we talk about ‘tradwives’: what are they, where did they come from, and why is their content so popular right now?

We discuss the ahistorical nostalgia that tradwives are predicated on, the politics of their labor and the neocolonial nature of homesteading. Really, we ask the question: does the ‘tradwife’ as we know her actually exist, or is she a mythic projection?

 

Soaliha: @soalihaofficial & Linktree

Mitch: @mitchs.miscellanea & Linktree

Email: heresthethingthopodcast@gmail.com

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Sources:

Kamala Harris selects Tim Walz, pro-Israel Minnesota governor, as her running mate | The Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle 

I'm a trad woman. I think other women secretly wish they were too | SBS Insight

From Scratch | Verso Books

'Don't do this to yourself': Meredyth warns young 'trad wives' they could be on a risky path | SBS The Feed

Unpacking The Ballerina Farm Discourse & What it Means For The Tradwife Movement – Centennial World 

Far-right 'tradwives' see feminism as evil and push back against what they see as 'the lie of equality' - ABC News