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Roxane Gay

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1007 total appearances

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It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And so one of the key things that I think we have to advocate for as feminists is what kinds of protections will we make available for women to be able to make these choices, to be able to stay at home and raise their family if they so choose, but then also not end up destitute if a marriage ends.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

Prenups are a great way of going about this, even if you don't have significant means.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

But a lot of women are not ready for that conversation.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

A lot of women are telling themselves this is forever, despite so much evidence to the contrary.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I hope it's forever.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I really, really do.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And then we also have to recognize that media literacy is really important because a lot of women are choosing to become trad wives because they're following trad wives on social media.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

Trad wives who, by the way, are professionals.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

These are women who are working.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I look at like, I enjoy Nara Smith or Nara Smith and her content on TikTok.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I find it to be hilarious.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I think she's incredibly witty.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

I don't think a lot of people give her credit for how witty she is.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And she makes like ridiculous things while wearing haute couture and it's hilarious.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And it makes seem that she has a soft life, but she has like four or five children.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

She also has a wealthy โ€“ she's wealthy herself as a model, a very successful model.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

She is married to a successful model.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

They live in a very beautiful home, I think, in Connecticut.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

They make oodles of money, and she is absolutely a breadwinner in that family.

It's A Lot with Abbie Chatfield
ROXANE GAY: How Do We Protect Women's Rights?

And so, yes, she's projecting a trad wife life, but โ€“