
Nara Smith & The Internet's Obsession with (Fake) Tradwives
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Introduction
Explore how Nara Smith, a TikTok mom influencer, shares her joy in creating homemade peanut butter and jam sandwiches from scratch, offering a glimpse into her wholesome family-centered lifestyle vlogs.
In this week's episode, I further explore the ideology behind the increasingly popular 'tradwife' lifestyle and discuss how this term is now being misused against mommy vloggers and creators who post domestic life content. I also dive into the questions around Nara Smith, TikToks' buzziest creator at the moment, to better understand if her content really is Mormon tradwife propaganda, or simply innocent lifestyle content with a focus on home and family life (and cooking for her kids from scratch).
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Timestamps:
5:46 Who is Nara Smith?
6:35 What is a tradwife? Defining the term & exploring its ideology
20:20 Is a SAHM the same as a tradwife? How & why the internet is misusing this term
24:28 Exploring Nara Smith's background & content— is it Mormon and/or tradwife propaganda?
Sources:
Proctor, D. (2023). The #Tradwife Persona and the Rise of Radicalized Domesticity. Persona Studies, 8(2), 7–26. https://doi.org/10.21153/psj2022vol8no2art1645
Leidig, E. (2023). The Making of a Tradwife. In The Women of the Far Right (pp. 89–122). Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/leid21016-005
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