So excited to continue the trad wife conversation with writer and content creator Caro Claire Burke. I first stumbled across her hot takes on my TikTok fyp and she quickly became one of my favourites. Caro has a book coming out next year that I absolutely can’t wait to get my hands on. Her fictional novel Yesteryear was born from her fascination with the trad wife discourse and follows a Trad Wife influencer who suddenly finds herself stuck in the past; it has so much buzz that Anne Hathaway has already signed on to produce and star in the movie adaptation. I can’t wait to read this!
I loved getting deeper into trad wives with Caro as we discuss the intersection of trad wives and politics, religion, motherhood, and empathy; she is such a big picture thinker, and l learned so much from her. Find more of Caro on TikTok and Instagram, and listen to her podcast Diabolical Lies.
If you enjoy the podcast, you will most definitely love my new Substack 'we need to unpack this'. It's free to subscribe and breaks down current cultural obsessions. If you like the show, please subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. And if you really like it, consider leaving a 5 star review and sharing with your fellow culture stans. If you have a culture beat topic you’d like the show or Substack to explore, DM on Instagram where we also share cool links, form show ideas, and generally gossip @haveyouheardpodcast
Helpful References & Links:
How Mormonism Churns Out the Most Influential Tradwives (Caro Claire Burke)
Meet the Queen of the Trad Wives (The Times, Megan Agnew)
The Edenic Allure of Ballerina Farm (Anne Helen Petersen)
Blonde Highlights are Gender Affirming Care (Diabolical Lies podcast)
Gender was Made for White People (Substack, Anna Marie, PHD)
Amazon MGM Wins Auction for Hot Book Yesteryear (Deadline)