I went to the "Tradwife College" that Vanity Fair wrote about, and it's SO much worse than you think

I went to the "Tradwife College" that Vanity Fair wrote about, and it's SO much worse than you think

From Leaving Eden Podcast by Leaving Eden LLC

April 28, 2026 · 46 min · Season 2 · Episode 11

About this episode

Sadie discusses her experiences at Hyles-Anderson College and critiques a Vanity Fair article about it.

In today's episode, Sadie discusses the recent article in Vanity Fair about Hyles-Anderson College, which she attended from the fall of 2011 until the spring of 2013. While this article did a good job of explaining what makes this college so controlling, we felt that this subject would have been better served with a longer-form piece that focused more on the deeper aspects of control rather than JUST the dress code. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-college-for-trad-wives?srsltid=AfmBOopagpD8okZIVAWJdyk7Svyax_rmS8qF4xH0n2dryDQj7eEVtsRL 00:00 - Intro 05:23 - Tradwives 07:43 - Rules for men vs. women 09:43 - MRS Degrees 14:58 - The IFB 20:23 - The Curriculum 28:01 - Bus Routes 33:12 - How Sadie Almost got expelled 38:08 - What the Vanity Fair could have done better 42:48 - Why some people don't make it 44:46 - This is an insular culture Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with…

People in this episode

Host: Sadie

Topics covered

  • Tradwives
  • Controlling colleges
  • Gender roles
  • Insular culture
  • Personal experience

Keywords

  • Tradwife College
  • Hyles-Anderson
  • Vanity Fair
  • gender roles
  • insular culture
  • control
  • MRS Degrees

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hyles-Anderson College, Vanity Fair

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