Ballerina Farm influencer slams ‘attack’ on family. What to know about ‘tradwife’ controversy

A profile on Utah-based influencer and Mrs. American 2023 winner Hannah Neeleman, known online as Ballerina Farm, has taken the internet by storm. The Sunday Times article, published July 20, crowned Neeleman as “the queen of the ‘trad wives.’ ” A “tradwife” is a woman who follows traditional values: She’s often a homemaker while her husband is the breadwinner. Nothing we said in the interview implied this conclusion, which leads me to believe the angle taken was predetermined.” In a follow-up article, Sunday Times journalist Megan Agnew — who has also come under scrutiny for the story — wrote that the online debate “further confirmed what was known before: Neeleman, whom people have labelled the queen of the internet ‘trad wives,’ has become an avatar through which people hotly debate motherhood, womanhood and freedom to choose either.” Here’s what you need to know about the Ballerina Farm controversy. “My time before marriage, before kids, before I even dreamt of creating Ballerina Farm.” The link she shared leads to the about page of Ballerina Farm, a website which also hosts the family’s farm shop. “The way people hate on Ballerina Farm and Nara Smith is so irritating like, if a women CHOOSES the traditional life, cooking and cleaning for their families it’s THEIR choice, people want them to be unhappy soooo bad and it’s weird,” an X user wrote.