I’m a little shell-shocked! My hand was shaking when I FINALLY hit publish on my first vid ever on a brand new channel and I’ve been blown away by how much traction it’s getting. Candidly, I’m a little overwhelmed, trying not to freak out. I thought I might ease into this, and instead I hit the ground running, which is both exciting and scary.

To everyone who’s watched or engaged in any way, or offered encouraging words, THANK YOU. You’re awesome and I hope you’ll eventually see this, especially since YouTube limits the comments of new creators. Please know that this is a genuine labor of love because I care about what’s happening and I wanna help make things right. For the last year especially it’s been an internal battle with my own demons to build up the courage, overcome the perfectionism, and actually post. So it sincerely means a lot to me. There’s so many positive comments and people taking the time to share their experiences and insights. They’re getting away from me in a hurry.

I want to acknowledge multiple comments about my referencing AI. I debated the usefulness of that even within the context of an experiment…I totally get it and it's not something I would make a regular feature of. I admittedly have a like/hate relationship with AI, but I definitely oppose how irresponsibly it's being pursued and how easy it is to fall into that vortex, so I appreciate you bringing that up. I accept the knuckle slap!

A lot of you have also asked how I came out of that belief system, and that topic is definitely on the agenda soon. For now, I’m working on a few shorts related to this video, as well as another long-form on a different topic. I’m hoping I can make this one faster than the first and get myself on a weekly schedule.

Lots of gratitude to ya’ll!

"You never see a trad wife in their 40s or 50s." As they say.

Great video hope you make more

Literally all our problems can be boiled down to racism in this country. It's disgusting

As a childfree black woman, it is so nice seeing a white woman tell the truth. 92% of black women voted for Kamala Harris cuz we knew how bad it could get. White women voted like their male counterparts to everyone's detriment

I am a Black African British woman and just watched your video. 1st I'd like to say "Thank You" for saying and admitting what most of us Black and Brown people thought.  2ndly for highlighting great resources I listen to like Sheila Wray-Gregoire,  Tia Levings and Therese Lee. I'm a new subbie

This channel is my most obscure YouTube suggestion ever. 4 subscribers, 1 video, 19 hours ago, 125 views 16 likes? I gotta get on this bandwagon just so i can say i was there.

Same.  I am a black woman who honored and revered John Piper and Complementarianism.  I married a very conservative, white doctor who forbid me to work outside the home. I endured 5 years of horrific abuse.

it's ALWAYS about white supremacy, patriarchy, and capitalism, the three-headed hydra. states' rights! ...until states offer protections to runaway slaves, or people who seek abortions, or queer/trans folks. democracy! ...until people of color, women, and poor and disabled folks start affecting the votes. we're a christian nation! ...until people start mentioning social safety nets, taxation, or taking the wealthy down a peg. parents should have a choice! ...unless your kid is Black or brown, or queer or trans, or wants/needs an abortion or contraceptives, or wants to learn actual american history and science.

It is quite insane that so many Americans believe that a 2-party system can be remotely democratic.

FIRST video??? DAMN! You knocked it out of the park. Congratulations and please keep going.

I'm an old lefty, raised by a Women's Studies instructor, so I'm familiar with the old literature. I look forward to reading/hearing from women like yourself, who've seen heavy-duty patriarchy from the inside, not as something we talk about online. Your perspective is extremely valuable.

Audre Lord said, “If I did not define myself for myself, I would have been crunched into other people‘s ideas and fantasies for me and eaten alive.”

You know I was as a half Asian ie oriental person who grew up honarary white in the 1960s Apartheid South remember hearing the racist white church ladies putting down Martin Luther King at my Grandma's house. I later asked my Asian mom if they were right? because I was pretty young and she said absolutely not But don't talk about it! So that was the beginning of my slow self radicalization because if you grow up inside racism or Patriarchy then finding ethical equalibrium feels radical. Let me quote J.P. Sartre "You don't fight Fascism because you think you can win you fight Fascism because it's Fascism"

When I was  a conservative, trad  wife, I was busy raising my children, and I trusted my husband to tell me who to vote for. After 39 years of marriage, I divorced him and I am now a Progressive fighting for all human rights and bodily autonomy for women’s health and for the freedom to choose what medical interventions, including vaccines. Many of my Progressive friends still believe in for the greater good which turned into authoritarianism that destroyed many lives.

As someone who respects contemplation and thought, I greatly respect ex-conservatives, since they’ve had to overpower years of conditioning to achieve the state you’re currently in where you’re able to admit that your past views were incorrect. It’s hard for anyone to admit that they could be wrong, really.

The entirety of modern conservative thought both here and abroad is based upon exclusionary politics, whether it be racism, sexism or homophobia.

i watched the rise of tradwives on tumblr circa 2014-16. they were open neo-nazis. usually the pattern was that they posted cottagecore domestic fluff while their boyfriends and husbands ran open nazi blogs. it was part of the 4chan "infiltration" of tumblr during the gamergate culture wars

Black woman here....ive said this all the time....most black families cant afford to have a trad wife. Black ppl as a whole economically are at the bottom when it comes to wealth in the usa. Even back in the day black women were : nannies/maids for wealthy white familes that had "trad wives" (yes even then they had help), was at home but did laundry/ironed white people clothes, had a garden they sold what they grew, sold fish dinners and cakes , sewed , and others did actually work like secretary  nurse teachers etc. The trad wife thing has always leaned more white woman back then and now. To clarify there are some black woman who are but a WAY lower percentage because most black households cant afford this.

I like the way you pronounce your words so clearly . You are audio friendly

These women have hurt and are hurting a lot of people. Gotten some killed. They have blood on their hands, and need to pay accordingly, just like the men.