The Subtext: Yesteryear and the Trad Wife Movement with Beth Allison Barr
About this episode
Savannah discusses the trad wife movement with historian Beth Allison Barr, exploring its implications and the reality behind the fantasy of traditional womanhood.
We have a substitute teacher on today's episode! Lee is out of town, so Savannah called upon All the Buried Women co-host Beth Allison Barr to step in. The trad wife dream might look beautiful on camera, but what if you actually have to live it? What happens when a woman who sells the fantasy of "traditional" womanhood wakes up and has to actually live it? Using Yesteryear as a jumping-off point, Savannah sits down with historian and author Beth Allison Barr to dissect the trad wife movement, what it promises, what it erases, and what women actually lost before they had the legal right to say no. Things we mentioned in this episode: All the Buried Women podcast For All Mankind on Apple TV A Rome of One's Own by Emma Southon Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman The Five by Hallie Rubenhold Follow The Subtext: Instagram | Threads | X | YouTube | TikTok Follow Lee: Instagram | Twitter | Lee's Newsletter Follow Savannah: Instagram | Substack Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
People in this episode
Hosts: Lee C. Camp, Savannah
Guest: Beth Allison Barr
Topics covered
- trad wife movement
- historical analysis
- women's rights
- societal expectations
- feminism
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: All the Buried Women, For All Mankind, A Rome of One's Own, Yesteryear, Meditations for Mortals, The Five
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