@themissingself: TRAD WIFE TRENDS | 👩‍🍳 @ballerinafarm has found herself caught in the crosshairs of some harsh backlash for claiming to enjoy a life of a homemaker. Commenters argue that she's in desperate need of saving, from her kids, her husband, and her own decision making, though she maintains that she is happy. Whether or not she is actually happy is beside the point—there are people all over the world unhappy with their lives, choices, and partners. Ironically, many of the people trying to "rescue" Hannah from her self-imposed "oppression" may be unhappy themselves. What they seem to forget is that part of being an autonomous human being is having the freedom to make your own choices and live with the consequences. Trying to "rescue" a woman from the life she has willingly chosen, and continues to choose, is far more misogynistic than her cooking and cleaning for her children. If she were exhausted from preparing for a ballet performance, writing a book, or doing humanitarian work abroad, no one would belittle her efforts or tell her to rest and escape all that "terrible work." Yet, when it comes to raising a family, running a farm, and competing in beauty pageants, her hard work is suddenly open to ridicule. One of the most baffling objections is the idea that she sets an unrealistic standard or is a negative influence on other women. This argument is almost comical—each of us aspires to excel in different areas of life. If we start dismissing excellence in one lifestyle, why not criticize sports for setting "unrealistic" physical standards? At the end of the day, we should all be allowed to choose our paths, own our decisions, and learn the natural consequences of our mistakes. That’s what makes us free. In the wise words of J Cole: "Don't save her. She don't want to be saved" #ballerinafarm #tradwife #farming #traditional #family #beauty #women

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