Following the announcement of her series, Meghan Markle was quickly accused of becoming a tradwife. Headlines branded her as a traitor to feminism, calling her a ‘trad-wife queen’ and questioning her previous activism, citing; ‘she who once railed against societal expectations for women, now finds fulfillment in the role of homemaker’ (Daily Mail, 2025), as though taking an interest in homemaking revokes her feminist ethics.
By Emily Rawle (she/her)
The female form when presented in a manner that is not for the explicit purpose of male consumption is disgusting to insecure men. But perhaps this ‘disgust’ is a cover for their true reaction: fear. To those who prefer to see us as inferior, one-dimensional, and seek to supress us, to be confronted with the complexities and depth of women and queer people, capable far beyond our patriarchally-assigned role, is nothing short of terrifying.
By Elio Wilder (they/them)
