Monica Hesse

And so you'll see a lot of Tradwife videos, not only of them, here we are on our farm getting our own eggs or here I am homeschooling my children, but also like my children wanted golden grams for breakfast, so here's what I did. And then the video will be them like making a breakfast cereal

Yeah, she's aware. She knows. If it wasn't a parody in the beginning, she's aware now.

Yeah, she's aware. She knows. If it wasn't a parody in the beginning, she's aware now.

Yeah, she's aware. She knows. If it wasn't a parody in the beginning, she's aware now.

Yeah. So Ballerina Farm is a wildly popular Instagram account. And I get it. I get why.

Yeah. So Ballerina Farm is a wildly popular Instagram account. And I get it. I get why.

Yeah. So Ballerina Farm is a wildly popular Instagram account. And I get it. I get why.

The proprietary of the content is a formerly trained ballet dancer who moved out west to be with her husband and their many beautiful children on a farm. And their videos are all... about this very quote-unquote simple back-to-nature life that she's decided to live. She's left the city. She lives in this rustic household, which is full of these abundant homemade foods. Her children are beautiful.

The proprietary of the content is a formerly trained ballet dancer who moved out west to be with her husband and their many beautiful children on a farm. And their videos are all... about this very quote-unquote simple back-to-nature life that she's decided to live. She's left the city. She lives in this rustic household, which is full of these abundant homemade foods. Her children are beautiful.

The proprietary of the content is a formerly trained ballet dancer who moved out west to be with her husband and their many beautiful children on a farm. And their videos are all... about this very quote-unquote simple back-to-nature life that she's decided to live. She's left the city. She lives in this rustic household, which is full of these abundant homemade foods. Her children are beautiful.

She's wandering around barefoot. I mean, it really is like Laura Ingalls Wilder cosplay in terms of its aesthetic.

She's wandering around barefoot. I mean, it really is like Laura Ingalls Wilder cosplay in terms of its aesthetic.

She's wandering around barefoot. I mean, it really is like Laura Ingalls Wilder cosplay in terms of its aesthetic.

What's particularly interesting about her is something that might be true of a lot of influencers, but she's just been researched and studied so much that we know this with some certainty. her husband is the heir to a kind of enormous fortune. And so while they're living this lifestyle that looks very rustic and basic and get back to the basics, she's cooking on a retro stove that costs $40,000.

What's particularly interesting about her is something that might be true of a lot of influencers, but she's just been researched and studied so much that we know this with some certainty. her husband is the heir to a kind of enormous fortune. And so while they're living this lifestyle that looks very rustic and basic and get back to the basics, she's cooking on a retro stove that costs $40,000.

What's particularly interesting about her is something that might be true of a lot of influencers, but she's just been researched and studied so much that we know this with some certainty. her husband is the heir to a kind of enormous fortune. And so while they're living this lifestyle that looks very rustic and basic and get back to the basics, she's cooking on a retro stove that costs $40,000.

And they're actually dedicating quite a bit of resources and money to living this style that looks very simple. And to me, that's another thing that's fascinating about this lifestyle is that I'm always wondering how much of this is a performance, how much of this is how you're living authentically, and how much of this is an act that you're putting on for your many followers.

And they're actually dedicating quite a bit of resources and money to living this style that looks very simple. And to me, that's another thing that's fascinating about this lifestyle is that I'm always wondering how much of this is a performance, how much of this is how you're living authentically, and how much of this is an act that you're putting on for your many followers.

And they're actually dedicating quite a bit of resources and money to living this style that looks very simple. And to me, that's another thing that's fascinating about this lifestyle is that I'm always wondering how much of this is a performance, how much of this is how you're living authentically, and how much of this is an act that you're putting on for your many followers.

possible if you are of a certain class you know i'm going to answer that in a roundabout way please by telling you my favorite scene from the reality show the secret lives of mormon wives please i'm so glad you brought that up yeah which which has just premiered its second season but last year in its first season there was a fascinating scene where all of these mormon women who are tiktok influencers who call themselves mom talk they're all they're all