We're Dehumanising Ourselves: Gender Essentialism, Mormon Trad Wives and 'Girl' Culture

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Welcome to From The Diving Board! In this episode we explore the intersection of conservative values, choice feminism and traditional gender roles across mormon trad wife content and ‘girl’ culture on social media. Is it okay to enjoy this content under the guise of irony? Or are we dehumanising the experience of womanhood? Let’s dive in. Timestamps: 00:00 introduction 05:37 political context 07:46 the rise in mormon momfluencers 18:01 meta irony & nara smith 21:37 the madonna wh*** dichotomy 27:23 the “girlification” of everything 34:29 conclusion ⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺ Follow my socials! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charli.chats TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@charlichatspod Rate my show on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3x5s7DATP1LXAndFl8rt4i?si=42568028de444307 Link to previous video: https://youtu.be/jJFLbrnbAwg?si=iotTuOAtH4pSVokZ Sources (in order of reference): Shanspeare, Girl Math & Girl Power: The Conservative Politics of ‘Girl World’ https://youtu.be/BaKs8iJpG6c?si=PFlh9TNai2uO0RN1 Madisyn Brown, The Rise of Conservativism in Gen Z https://youtu.be/fmtN-CupRLg?si=zg2tcrHZplk8SvEn The F Word Magazine, Choice Feminism: New and Hip, but Not Necessarily Good: https://upennfword.com/2019/11/04/choice-feminism/ Tom Ough, The ideological divide between men and women is growing. What’s happening? https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/conservative-right-wing-men-progressive-women-b2488939.html CNN Politics, Election 2024: Exit Polls https://edition.cnn.com/election/2024/exit-polls/national-results/general/president/0 David Campbell, Mormon leaders – whose church is often associated with the GOP – push back against one-party politics https://theconversation.com/mormon-leaders-whose-church-is-often-associated-with-the-gop-push-back-against-one-party-politics-209296 Emma Spector, Mormon Momfluencer Culture Obsession https://www.vogue.com/article/mormon-momfluencer-culture-obsession Alyssa Grenfell, Why are there so many mormon influencers (a theory) https://youtu.be/MGXggLIafrc?si=yFxJdtQHj8DIDyMN Kitty Lloyd, The allure of the domestic goddess: Tradwives, Nara Smith and Gen Z https://www.ensemblemagazine.co.nz/articles/tradwives-nara-smith-and-gen-z The Irony of Irony: Is Gen Z Scared of Showing Sincerity: https://www.nouse.co.uk/articles/2024/06/19/the-irony-of-irony-is-gen-z-scared-of-showing-sincerity- Jessica Grose, Can ‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Change a Conservative Religious Culture? https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/07/opinion/mormon-wives-reality-tv-show.html Sophie Gilbert, MomTok Is the Apotheosis of 21st-Century Womanhood, https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2024/10/momtok-secret-lives-of-mormon-wives-review-feminism-beauty-domesticity/680410/ Macy Browning Karasik Article, Digital “Girl” Culture: Postfeminist Sensibilities of Social Media “Girl” Trends https://www.jsr.org/index.php/path/article/view/2429/1458 Catherine Rottenberg, Women Who Work https://www.dazeddigital.com/life-culture/article/60629/1/why-girl-trends-need-to-stop-girl-dinner-girl-math Rosalind Gill, Culture and Subjectivity in Neoliberal and Postfeminist Times https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/sub.2008.28 Rebecca Jennings, “Girl” trends and the repackaging of womanhood https://www.vox.com/culture/23831903/girl-dinner-tiktok-trends-hot-girl-walk ⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺⁺˚⋆｡°✩₊✩°｡⋆˚⁺