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A tradwife, dressed in the typical early 1900s stuffy full skirt and apron reserved for rough domestic labor, stands trapped in a frontier-style cabin doorframe, which doubles as a smart phone screen prison. Mouth agape, her arms are pressed up against the glass of the phone screen in anguish whilst surrounded by farm livestock and tools, representing both the ironic harm and self-imprisonment perpetuated by the modern tradwife influencer, and the real harm done to women since the beginning of patriarchy.

Caro Claire Burke’s Thriller Captures a Tradwife’s Quiet Discontent

In Yesteryear, an influencer wakes up in the nineteenth century to find it’s nothing like Instagram.

Rebecca Brenner Graham

How to Rescue America’s 250th From Trump

A new book makes the case for engaging with the anniversary on your own terms and taking your own meaning from it.

Widow’s Bay Is a Menacing and Hilarious Mash-up

Matthew Rhys stars in Widows Bay

Widow’s Bay Is a Menacing and Hilarious Mash-up

Books & the Arts

A conceptual photo illustration of a traditional British bobby's police uniform with the face replaced by British currency.

Patrick Radden Keefe’s Portrait of a Crisis-Ridden Country

London Falling investigates the mysterious death of Zac Brettler—and captures the austerity-ravaged state of Britain.

o help combat the turbulent waters of mental illness, giving sufferers cash could be exactly the life raft they need. The illustration shows the concentric waves forming the turbulent outline of a person's face, and a dollar bill as a raft signifies the cash that could help.

Anna Louie Sussman

Should Doctors Prescribe Cleaner Air? Better Housing? A Dance Class?

A new book highlights the difficulty of treating mental health issues without addressing simple facts of poverty and injustice in people’s lives.