Young, British and Tradwife

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2026

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Lifestyle

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Film-maker Poppy Jay meets British women who embrace the tradwife lifestyle to ask why they are rejecting feminism, pinning on the apron and obeying their husbands. As she juggles baking, sewing and schooling, Poppy asks if a movement that demands submission to a husband is the solution to modern burnout or just the latest manifestation of an age-old misogynistic culture shaped by men, for men

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David Butcher

Prepare to be provoked. This is a documentary that will fire debates in many a living room, as film-maker and podcaster Poppy Jay immerses herself in the tradwife lifestyle – a soft-focus, Instagram-friendly world of floral prints, motherhood and sourdough.

Jay is understandably wary. Having left an arranged marriage herself, she resists the idea of a submissive, 1950s-style wife. She winces through interviews with Christian tradwife influencers – and, crucially, their husbands. (One explains that “feminism is usurping the natural order of creation”.)

Is this all a harmless, wholesome, social media trend or a way to deprive women of careers and autonomy? Jay tries to keep an open mind.

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rolenamePresenterPoppy JayDirectorPoppy JayEditorAudrey McColliganProducerClaudia MassieExecutive producerVari InnesExecutive producerDaisy Scalchi

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