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Topic: Tradwife

A new study trumpeted by Fox News promotes a brand-new definition of "tradwife" that sounds like the worst of all worlds: women having to work and handle all domestic responsibilities without any help at all. (Deagreez/Getty Images)

Gen Z doesn't want to be tradwives

Amanda Marcotte
According to a new study, young men who favor the trad lifestyle don't honor and cherish tradwives — they hold them in contempt. (Getty Images)

Why MAGA men actually loathe tradwives

Amanda Marcotte
In the chauvinist world of the online right, OnlyFans and solitary sex in front of a phone or computer are major obsessions (Getty Images)

Gen Z Republicans obsess over “gooning”

Amanda Marcotte
Second Lady Usha Vance delivers remarks to military personnel and their families in Jacksonville, North Carolina, on Nov. 19, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Usha Vance doesn't do dishes

Amanda Marcotte
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Erika Kirk and Vice President JD Vance share an embrace at a Turning Point USA event in Oxford, Mississippi, on Oct. 29, 2025. (Brad Vest/Getty Images)

Why JD and Erika's hug made tongues wag

Amanda Marcotte
A hand holds a fork with colorful ribbon strands (Halyna Dorozhynska)

Glamor in a time of grocery bills

Joy Saha
Erika Kirk speaks during the memorial service for her husband, right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk, on Sept. 21, 2025. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Erika Kirk can’t keep Charlie’s audience

Amanda Marcotte
Father holding newborn baby at hospital (Getty Images/SelectStock)

The secret to raising fertility rates

Chabeli Carrazana - The 19th
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Taylor Swift kisses Travis Kelce after Kansas City defeated the Buffalo Bills to win the AFC Championship Game on Jan. 26, 2025. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift is not your tradwife

Amanda Marcotte
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MAGA can't decide if girls get to dance

Amanda Marcotte
50's Housewife holding a mixing bowl (Getty Images/inhauscreative)

The "tradwife" trend isn't real

Amanda Marcotte
Mother with daughters in a field (Getty Images/Westend61)

Those who can't farm children raise cats

Melanie McFarland
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Juno Temple as Dorothy "Dot" Lyon in "Fargo" (Frank W. Ockenfels III/FX)

On "Fargo," #TradWives are no housewives

Melanie McFarland
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