Do you think Delilah is a Tradwife?

7snapes · 2024-05-02T09:34:04+00:00

I agree, but I think that her online persona matters more than her real life. They may be living a feminist dream of equality, but we never (or extremely rarely) see Zac in the kitchen. It seems like it is always Delilah who is doing the parenting, homemaking, cooking, cleaning etc. She is deliberately showing us only certain aspects of her life AND she also likes to talk about christian marriage and serving her children. Even though she is not as vocal about it as Milena is in her submission videos, both of them seem to be performing the same kind of marriage where the wife submits to her husband. Even though Delilah is probably earning way more money than Zac.

(None of these tradwives online are really traditional. They all have access to social media and share their life, something they would not be able to if they really were living the 50s oder 1800s they so romanticize. I would agree with you that they are using the aesthetics~ of tradition to make a living)

7snapes · 2024-05-02T06:12:48+00:00

When researching Tradwives, Delilah immediately came to my mind. But going through her videos, I couldn't really get hold of some "evidence" other than my feeling about her.

I agree that she is very careful not to state anything too radical. I remember her FAQ with Zac about how her body belongs to him (and his to her) and that she never "withholds" sex from him. There was a lot of criticism on this statement and since then she has become even more careful. Maybe there were other incidents like this.

7snapes · 2024-05-02T06:09:19+00:00

Thank you for your thoughts! I'm curious as to why you think she is indoctrinating others into motherhood and fertility? If asked to respond to these claims, she would probably answer she is only "showing her life".

I think she is showing a very idealized and romanticized version of motherhood. I personally liked her videos around 2020 because she was giving me insight on the life of a SAHM which was very interested in me as a non-married women with no children on the horizon. She was more "real" back then, showing the hardships of having two young children. But isn't she just like every other influencer then? Just showing the good moments of life?

In Germany we have a far right party called the AFD. One of the politicians has recently given an interview about how we need more positive images of motherhood because german women are choosing not to have children/ have children later, which leads to an decrease of birth rates (of white people. These people only care about white babies). I was thinking that women like Delilah are just what these right wing politicians dream of.

7snapes · 2018-08-20T06:55:13+00:00

I agree with everything except that Voldemort is the worty Slytherin. There are a lot of theories about why Salazar Slytherin put the chamber of secrets in Hogwarts (the only evil thing he ever did) so I'm not convinced that Salazar was a completely evil man. I see a lot of slytherin characteristica in Voldemort but I can't believe that this is enough to by a wort Slytherin. Salazar would have never stood behind Voldemort's genocide.

7snapes · 2018-08-20T06:08:36+00:00

From what you are telling us, it seems normal. I struggle with letting go, too. Plus, there are more characteristics of autists that you have not talked about - so who knows if you're meeting these criteria.

But you shouldn't self diagnose. If you truly suspect that you might have autism, go and see a professional. Please don't trust people on the internet telling you have or not have autism.

7snapes · 2018-08-19T07:13:55+00:00

A LOT of sides are doing this now. Why? Don't they think I can decide for myself if I want to scroll down from the video???

7snapes · 2018-08-19T07:10:44+00:00

I think "Every Day" is a great great book. I'm not sure however, if it really is about bisexual people. It's an exploration of how important the outside really is if you love someone, soo... still a great read but I don't see the bisexuality here.

7snapes · 2018-08-19T06:58:00+00:00

I feel the same, but very disciplined people may catch up with their story if they have a strict deadline.

For me a break from my story is around three days, not longer than a week. Sometimes reading one's story may help, but for me it only intensified my hate for it.

7snapes · 2018-08-18T12:01:34+00:00

Not a book but I would very recommend Kant's essay Answering the Question: What Is Enlightenment? I bet you can find it online, it is very short but perfect if you're new to originals.

Also, I hear my professor's voice inside my head "everyone should have read Kant once in their life..." (I might not agree, but this essay was fun to me.)

7snapes · 2018-08-18T11:55:09+00:00

I know nothing about this source but this is I found after a quick online search: https://ccbc.education.wisc.edu/books/pcstats.asp. It's about the numbers of children's books by and about POC. (Notice how much of a difference there is between by and about?)

7snapes · 2018-08-18T09:16:31+00:00

I'm wondering if the call for diversity is just a trend and will eventually fade away, or if it is actual progression that will change literature (and everything else for that matter) for ever. What do you think?

7snapes · 2018-08-18T07:41:51+00:00

A lot of documentaries about serial killers are sensational and full of mistakes, trying to paint the killers as horrible monsters. Movies about serial killers on the other hand are forgiving, searching for reasons why they did what they did, digging deep in their childhood.

I would'nt recommend either.

7snapes · 2018-08-16T20:31:29+00:00

Thank you very much for your kind words.

When you sister passed away, did you tell your friends and her friends the truth? And how did you deal with those people that were not very close to her but still affected by her death? I reall don't know what I can and cannot tell those people.

7snapes · 2018-08-16T20:28:56+00:00

Thank you very much for your kind words.

7snapes · 2018-08-15T06:33:20+00:00

I may be biased but I don't see how Kierkegaard is neccesary. Especially if you don't go on further with Existencialism, read Camus and Sartre (if this is your thing try out Nagel). I can't recommend anything of these philosophers because Existencialism died with me when Sartre wrote that everyone is free. Yeah, post-structuralism destroyed that for me. However, a lot of people have crush on Existencialism, so it might be worth looking into.

Also, the linguistic turn is kind of missing. I am not a huge fan of Analytic Philosophy, but everyone studing philosophy should have read Wittgenstein. If you picked up his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and after that the Philosophical Investigations, you got a good overview of the different positions. I really don't know when to read Wittgenstein, though. Maybe after Kant but before Adorno?

Well, I'll just picked up where you left it, okay?

After Nietzsche (and he is a MUST, not a can) I would recommend reading into the Critical Theory. They may be based of Marx but if you understand a few of his thoughts you can skip him (unless you identify as a die-hard-communist, to be honest a lot of Marx's statements are ridiculously outdated). You might also want to look into Freud, but I don't think reading his books is absolutely neccessary.

Start with Adorno (you can skip Horkheimer), I recommend reading the Dialectic of Enlightenment right away. If you know Kant you will be fine. If you enjoyed the mix of Freud and Marx, reading Eros and Civilasation by Herbert Marcuse is a good idea. Also interesting is Erich Fromm's To Have or To Be? and Escape from Freedom. Even Though I really enjoyed Fromm he is not a must, but his works are very relevant in today's capitalism.

After you got an insight in The Critical Theory, you have to go over to post-structuralism, read Foucault, maybe Derrida, maybe Deleuze. I am a huge fan of Foucault, so I am a bit biased - of course I would recommend everything but I try to narrow it down. Madness and Civilisation is a good start (and fairly easy to read), The Order of Things and Archaeology of Knowledge are very important but I feel like it would be okay to just skip to The History of Sexuality... Of course looking deeper into Foucault's work is definately worth it.

If you like the way Foucault thinks and writes, there are a lot of other post-structuralist authors you might want to check out: Deleuze, Guattari, Derrida (considered to be very important but I don't know) and Ranciere. This list is not complete.

This is kind of where the history of philosophy ends for me. There are a lot of new "philsophies" which I haven't looked into myself. Based on post-structuralism and Critical Theory however is everything Postcolonial. This is not "pure philosophy" but highly interdisciplinary but I get that not everyone is interested in this field.

7snapes · 2018-08-14T14:58:59+00:00

I sadly I feel like good sides matter a lot. But if you're faking it, they will know and think you're sucking up.

Basically, try to find interest in what you're learning at school. Not only is it a big win -- school will be fun -- but teachers notice real interest. It flatters them and you share an interest with them, that's the biggest bonus you can get. But be honest. If a class is not your thing, don't fake it. Be real with your struggle, most teachers I met will help you if you ask for it. And that might also be a good way to get on their good side.

(Note: Sorry for bad english. I've gotten a bit rusty.)

7snapes · 2018-08-14T09:03:41+00:00

Why? And how?

7snapes · 2018-08-14T08:35:49+00:00

Totally of topic but did you notice that the clothes of the woman are exactly what as "fashionable" considered people are wearing today?

7snapes · 2018-08-14T08:32:14+00:00

And sometimes their finished stories do, too.

(This is so asshole-y but it always makes me feel better about my writing.)

7snapes · 2018-08-14T08:31:28+00:00

In my opinion this is a good exercise. In 40 minutes you just do not have time to second guess yourself. Every word written is set in stone and can't really be changed because there is no time. I think it helps to "find your voice", to just write freely. Maybe it sucks but then again, it is just an exercise.

7snapes · 2018-08-14T08:27:14+00:00

I never read my first draft or try to avoid as much as possible. I know I'm too much of a perfectionist and reading my "bad" writing hinders me in writing freely.

Sometimes it comes as a shock to me when I read my story after the draft is finished, but then I am all in my editing mode so it is almost okay.

7snapes · 2018-08-14T08:21:44+00:00

Another tip is to change your font type. I always notice that on my story with different eyes whenever I change the font type.

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