March 29, 2021

The Virgin Saint and the Trad Chad ft. Eleanor Janega

1 hour 14 minutes

Hey, why are so many guys online getting mad about neo gothic architecture? Why are they dreaming about having a 'tradwife' to feed them snacks while they keep losing money in cryptocurrency?

This week, we're joined by good friend of the pod Eleanor Janega (@goingmedieval), a Writer and Medieval Historian who runs the blog "Going Medieval", which explores what the Middle Ages were *actually* like, rather than what gamers believe it should be.

We talk about what it means to be 'Trad' online, and how disillusionment with capitalism and modernity, along with alienation on the internet, had led to the emergence of weird Tradposting, which manifests through things like online phrenology, misunderstandings of history to 'own' someone in a debate, and new age life advice such as substituting water for eggs. You should not do this!

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