The girlies explore homesteading. Starting from the Ballerina Farm TikTok that first piqued their interest, they delve into the long history of women’s work, examining the myth of Republican Motherhood and the idea that women have always loved to labor for free. They further investigate the spiritual sexism and “divine feminine” trope to understand why even left-wing women fall down the gender essentialist and trad-wife pipeline.
Digressions include Eliza’s unfavorable acupuncture experience, letting men throw us into the air, and the realization that we need a third pair of pants.
Stream friend of the pod DivaJ's music here.
Sources:
The Edenic Allure of Ballerina Farm
The Age of Homespun: Objects and Stories in the Creation of An American Myth
Modern Homesteading in America: Negotiating Religion, Nature, and Modernity
The Crunchy-to-Alt-Right Pipeline
Spiritual Misogyny is Flourishing on TikTok
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