‘Yesteryear’ misses the real problem with the tradwife trend
June 26, 2026
“Yesteryear,” the best-selling novel by Caro Claire Burke, is a biting critique of tradwife influencers, women who project an image of traditional femininity on social media. Set to become a feature film starring Anne Hathaway, it reflects a common misunderstanding about the lives of Christian women.
Critics of the tradwife phenomenon paint with a broad brush, suggesting that the everyday choices of countless religious women are somehow out of place in the modern world. “Yesteryear” reinforces this idea through a clever narrative device. Its heroine, a tradwife influencer, is seemingly transported back to 1855, immersed in the archaic life she once monetized on Instagram, bereft of the modern amenities that made her vintage homestead glamorous.
