Rachel Cunliffe

rmcunliffe.bsky.social

02 April 2026 15:55

"The study suggests the motivations behind its appeal are often less wholesome than the branding often implies." Ahhh and "branding" can always be trusted! "The type of man who strongly supports the tradwife movement is probably not what people would expect" ...unless they have >2 braincells

Rachel Cunliffe

rmcunliffe.bsky.social

02 April 2026 15:55

I mean, I guess they put a little more thought into it, because they did the study, but the assumptions inherent in that are just wild, for anyone who has spent any time at all online and seen how the male influencers who peddle the tradewife grift talk about women. Guess these scientists hadn't

Rachel Cunliffe

rmcunliffe.bsky.social

02 April 2026 15:55

“We were taken aback.” Really? Were you? Researchers expected "'benevolent sexism' — a belief that men should protect and provide for women. This seemed to them to fit with an ethos where he earns and she cooks and cares for the children." And they didn't put any more thought into it than that?

Juju 🔞

erophemera.bsky.social

01 April 2026 18:28

We’re sending people back toward the moon today, putting humans closer than we’ve been to our pretty organic satellite in over 50 yrs and it’s almost not news at all. There would have been watch parties for this 20 yrs ago. Missing that feeling of wonder and unity a little extra lately.

John Bistline

bistline.bsky.social

01 April 2026 18:27

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.