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Do My "Trad Wife-Coded" Hobbies Make Me Less of a Feminist?

Happy wife, happy life?

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Lara Buchar
February 28, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 12 minutes

February 28, 2025

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A 1950s housewife hulahooping while vacuuming.

If You’re Too Busy

What does it really mean to be a trad wife, anyway? 👀 Does enjoying TikTok-friendly hobbies like bread-baking and homesteading mean you automatically qualify? Here, writer Lara Buchar unpacks the complexity of finding joy in “traditionally feminine” hobbies in 2025, a time when even the hobbies we have in our free time seem to be loaded with political undertones. TLDR: Don’t toss that sourdough starter just yet, babe. 🍞

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