TRADWIVES: Rebranding the Patriarchy

Join the GWC on Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 01:00 PM Eastern Time / 6 PM CET  -- The tradwife aesthetic looks soft and cozy, but the politics behind it are not.

This panel pulls back the curtain on the manufactured fantasy of “traditional womanhood” and the very real political project it serves. Behind the sourdough and prairie dresses sits a coordinated movement aimed at stripping women of autonomy, rolling back civil rights, and reordering society along rigid racial and gender hierarchies - all for a “reality” that never actually existed.

We’ll examine the ideology and infrastructure driving this shift, including **Project 2025**, **Turning Point USA**, and the global push to force women back into the home under the guise of morality, tradition, and “natural roles.”

These movements promote mass deportation of brown communities, the subjugation of Black Americans, and the reduction of white women to “breeders”.

Our panel brings three critical perspectives:

**Sara Wiles** examines how tradwife content spreads on social platforms, why it performs so well, and how algorithms reward nostalgia, fear, and submission aesthetics.

**Eviane Leidig** places the trend in a broader academic and global context, tracing how authoritarian movements weaponize gender roles to consolidate power.

**Enitza Templeton** speaks from lived experience, unpacking how these ideals operate in real homes, real marriages, and real women’s lives once the camera is off.

Join us for a discussion about propaganda, power, and the political cost of romanticizing submission.

WHEN

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 at 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US & Canada) Time

WHERE

This is a virtual event. See the event description above or RSVP for virtual participation options.

CONTACT

Sally DeSipio
[email protected]

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