Hi Katherine, I stumbled on your piece because you commented on mine about parenting.. and I read both your trad wives posts and I love hearing your perspective. I’m not actually originally from the US so I’m finding this whole convo rather enlightening and also frustrating. Partly because I can’t relate to the extremes on both sides. I’m a homeschooler (unschooler really), I was raised Catholic but we are secular now, I have always wanted to stay home with my children and I love certain parts of domesticity. And, I’ve also always identified as an intersectional feminist. Or in any case as someone who believes in equality and freedom. So part of me feels like the critiques of public trad wife content are fair, and part of me is like “Why do we care so much!? Why not just get on with our own lives?!” So yeah. I’m really appreciating your experience and writing on this because I feel like you inhabit a space that is non-dogmatic and perhaps not as extreme as some of the conversations I have previously read.
Thank you so much for reading, Fran. Yes, I think this is specifically an American issue and wouldn't possess nearly as much cultural space if it weren't for 1. the pandemic 2. the Dobbs decisions and 3. the election/state of political affairs we find ourselves in. I love your question of "why do we care so much?" because I'll be honest, that is very interesting to me also. Thank you for telling me I'm coming across as non-dogmatic, because that's a goal of mine and not my natural tendency at all.
Hi Katherine, I stumbled on your piece because you commented on mine about parenting.. and I read both your trad wives posts and I love hearing your perspective. I’m not actually originally from the US so I’m finding this whole convo rather enlightening and also frustrating. Partly because I can’t relate to the extremes on both sides. I’m a homeschooler (unschooler really), I was raised Catholic but we are secular now, I have always wanted to stay home with my children and I love certain parts of domesticity. And, I’ve also always identified as an intersectional feminist. Or in any case as someone who believes in equality and freedom. So part of me feels like the critiques of public trad wife content are fair, and part of me is like “Why do we care so much!? Why not just get on with our own lives?!” So yeah. I’m really appreciating your experience and writing on this because I feel like you inhabit a space that is non-dogmatic and perhaps not as extreme as some of the conversations I have previously read.
Thank you so much for reading, Fran. Yes, I think this is specifically an American issue and wouldn't possess nearly as much cultural space if it weren't for 1. the pandemic 2. the Dobbs decisions and 3. the election/state of political affairs we find ourselves in. I love your question of "why do we care so much?" because I'll be honest, that is very interesting to me also. Thank you for telling me I'm coming across as non-dogmatic, because that's a goal of mine and not my natural tendency at all.