Overthink Femininity
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Sep 30, 2025 Delve into the resurgence of traditional femininity, exploring trends like tradwives and the divine feminine on social media. Discover Simone de Beauvoir's notion that femininity is a taught process rather than innate. The hosts question whether nostalgia for domesticity is a reaction against capitalism and how beauty standards shape women's self-perception. They also analyze the concept of feminine writing and the challenges of reclaiming language, while debating the political implications of femininity in contemporary society.
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Nostalgia, Feminism Backlash, And Capitalism
- Social-media femininity trends (tradwives, divine feminine, cottagecore) signal a nostalgic, often regressive turn among young women.
- David and Ellie link this to both backlash against feminism and a reaction to capitalism's grind.
Glamour Masks Domestic Labor And Class
- Tradwife content glamorizes idyllic domesticity while erasing menial labor and signaling class privilege.
- These visuals create a sanitized, upper-middle-class version of domesticity rather than historical domestic work.
Divine Feminine's Mixed Messages
- 'Divine feminine' social-media rhetoric mixes spirituality with essentialist claims about women and can be leveraged in anti-trans ways.
- It frames femininity as both soft/intuitive and rebelliously righteous, blending oppositions.
