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Lindsey Marie Griffin's avatar

Fun read! Ya have my wheels turning. I was thinking about how, as parts of our society start to tip-toe backwards to “simpler” times, maybe we have forgotten a critical piece of the puzzle? Familial support from all the generations. Living near and/or with your elders. It’s such a critical piece of having the help (financially also) that you need to make the rest of life not as taxing. My family is spread all over at this point… seems that way for a lot of my friends, too. Maybe we are all seeking these communities, this back to the roots feeling and we’ve grown further from our family ties? I know not everyone has great familial relationships and dynamics so it can be tough. I’m 34 and feel like my generation grew up thinking we can do it all (and it’s a privilege to, so we should). But we’re all exhausted and need more support.

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Ilka's avatar

Thanks for sharing this. Love the deep dive into the Trad-Wives-Movement I basically shrugged of as very irritating (at best). It fits all too well into far-right narratives and that might sadly be part of the explaination why it‘s so popular right now..Just like you analyzed spot on – it speaks to very basic desires such as an affordable/cozy home and a family/community we want to belong to. While in reality it is so hard, or maybe even impossible to step out of traditional roles – for women as well as for men – in a society deeply rooted in patriarchal structures. Instead of seeing romanticized ways of fitting into the existing, very flawed system, I‘d love to see way more progressive lifestyles trying to rebuild the system.. If that makes any sense?

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