J L’s Reviews > Yesteryear > Status Update

I say controversial because at this point in time, I don't really understand the trad wife content backlash. I'm VERY far removed from this side of the Internet, so maybe some basic Googling would do the trick and I'm talking out my ass. To my knowledge, they're women who to live a very curated homesteading life while getting help behind the scenes, and the backlash has been because it presents a false narrative that any woman can just take care of all that without help. Where I'm a little less convinced about this being evil is that I think most content creators present only the glorified aspects of their lives, and it should be basic cyber awareness to understand that they're probably leaving out the difficult/negative aspects. There might be a disproportionate impact on young girls who don't understand this, but I feel like most Internet content is going to do that. Idk, this all just feels very chronically online to me. I have no interest in living out a trad wife life but I can't really say I have any feelings at all about other women being trad wives and posting about it.

Oh just to add -- I also think this is coming at a time where everyone has a lot of very polarized opinions on how others should live their lives. With the rise of social media, it's become that much more easy to express how you feel about another lifestyle. For women, historically it's been that they should be obedient, silent, "traditional," etc, but I've noticed that with the complete reversal of these opinions (in certain parts of the U.S.), pro-nontraditional sentiment is often accompanied by anti-trad. And, at least from what I've read of this book so far (like 10 pages so don't quote me lol), I suspect this will take a bit more of an anti-trad direction than a pro-anything else, which doesn't seem very feminist to me, but again, I might be jumping the gun. In general though, with these kinds of social media content I can't help but think that the real issue is young children's unfettered access to strong opinions when they haven't even had a chance to develop their own fundamental opinions on what colors they like or how they want to wear their hair. Not really some bored housewife who wants to spice up the day-to-day, connect with like-minded people, and get validation for a lifestyle that we don't actually know if she loves (and she might!). But I'm speaking generally now.