{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/7b78c9d1-0a93-5b8b-9007-d13478c306b2/62003a2ec7e336001268e377?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Sleepover Club: The Return Of The Trad Wife ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611ec73406c05e8737f40e27/1644234423328-f4ae0f2bf142d23b6e125b4be462f241.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Today, we are seeing more and more discourse about the rise of the trad (traditional) wife, with the gorls on Tiktok and Instagram romanticising having a family, being a wife, sundresses and staying at home. Very Lana del Rey 2012 vibes.&nbsp;In 1963, Betty Friedan wrote about the “problem with no name.” Friedan’s <em>The Feminine Mystique </em>detailed the widespread unhappiness of the idealised happy-suburban-housewife in the 1950s and early 1960s. So why have we returned to pining for these outdated notions of femininity?</p><p><br></p><p>This week Halima and her special guest, Polyester socials editor<a href=\"instagram.com/doeeeyes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"> Eden Young</a>, discuss why so many women crave a lifestyle second-wave feminists fought so adamantly against, and why feminism is not the reason we have to work to live - capitalism is.</p><p><br></p><p>Have an opinion and want to be featured on an upcoming episode? We want to hear from YOU! Send us your thoughts on this episode to&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:ione@polyesterzine.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ione@polyesterzine.com</a>, leave a review, or drop us a DM on&nbsp;<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/polyesterzine/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a>.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Want to support the podcast? If you're a brand or organisation that could help us continue the show, Please fill in this </em><a href=\"https://forms.gle/NtUXykAoCQzVewpz8\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>form</em></a><em>. Can't wait to hear from you!</em></p><p><br></p><p><em>We'd love to know what you think about our podcast. Fill out this survey </em><a href=\"https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScnh6z4u3-cdbZqif7prW_UuY31MAorpu2Uvd14qFXxy4RM2Q/viewform\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>here </em></a><em>to let us know &lt;3</em></p><p><br></p><p>The Polyester Podcast is brought to you by Polyester's founding editor in chief Ione Gamble (@<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/ionegamble/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">ionegamble</a>), co-hosted by Halima Jibril (@<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/h.alimaa/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">h.alimaa</a>). and edited by Olivia Graham (@<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/og.irl/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">og.irl</a>). Polyester is a self-published culture zine exploring intersectional URL feminism in the IRL world. Have faith in your own bad taste!</p>","author_name":"The Polyester Podcast"}