"Yesteryear" and the Temptations of a Tradwife Life

Modern life is hard. Wouldn't it be better if we could just stay home and manage the house all day? That’s the promise of the Tradwife fantasy, but as “Yesteryear” by Caro Claire Burke shows, it’s an unfeasible and unfulfilling lifestyle more inclined to trap women than free them from the horrors of modern life.

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"How to be Authentic" and the Performance of the Parasocial Persona

Authenticity is hard to achieve. You not only have to recognize the personal qualities that build your sense of self without external intervention, but you also have to be honest with accepting them. It can be a difficult journey that requires work to uncover and practice your true values through the mess of external values imposed through your environment.

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How to Survive Social Media

Social media is a nightmare. Here are my nine tips that help me survive the platforms and make sure my social media experience sparks joy rather than weigh on my soul

Why I Can't Escape Social Media

Is social media really a way to connect with other or does it isolate us further by forcing social comparison on us? Reflecting on my own history and relationship with social media, I contemplate why I can never escape the platforms.

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When a Content Creator Retires (without being "cancelled")

There’s few things more ironic than creating content about retiring from creating content. I’m aware of this. But two years after retiring from content creation, I have some thoughts about my previous “career” in content creation and how retirement has treated me so I hope you don’t mind if I share them.

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