What turns a traditional wife into a #tradwife is up for debate, especially among religious women who have been doing it for decades. The Washington Times’ Emma Ayers speaks with Amy Jay, a Catholic homesteader from western North Carolina, about the TradWife trend.
Read more from Emma Ayers.
‘Gals all glammed up’: Social media’s TradWife trend mocked by ‘real’ traditional American wives
She is a traditional wife, but she is not a #tradwife.
Clad in denim overalls and a sweatshirt, Amy Jay milks cows, churns butter and slaughters poultry for her family of five on their homestead in western North Carolina. Instagram photos and TikTok videos of coiffed, high-heeled #tradwives preparing meals for their husbands amuse and bemuse the Catholic wife and mother.
“Gals all glammed up in aprons, trying to look pretty, it’s just not real,” Mrs. Jay told The Washington Times.