Femininity

女性气质

Overthink

2025-09-30

59 分钟
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Tradwives, the divine feminine, and “that girl” on social media. In episode 141 of Overthink, Ellie and David discuss femininity. They look to Simone de Beauvoir’s famous claim that one is not born but rather becomes a woman, and discuss how the process of feminization is crucial to this becoming. They explore the association between femininity, mystery, and docility. Is the return to traditional gender roles an attempt to move away from capitalism? How do contemporary beauty standards shape women’s self-understanding. And is there such thing as “feminine writing”? In the Substack bonus segment, your hosts discuss 90s cultural feminism and spirituality, and question whether it is possible to find liberation through the divine feminine image.  Works Discussed: Sandra Bartky, “ Foucault, Femininity, and the Modernization of Patriarchal Power” Pierre Bourdieu, La domination masculine Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex Hélène Cixous, “The Laugh of the Medusa” Manon Garcia, We Are Not Born Submissive Support the show Substack | overthinkpod.substack.com Website | overthinkpodcast.com Instagram & Twitter | @overthink_pod Email | dearoverthink@gmail.com YouTube | Overthink podcast See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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  • For nearly five years, Overthink has been an independent podcast without ads.

  • Since the beginning,

  • David and I have been doing this work without compensation and on top of our full-time jobs as college professors.

  • But as we transition to weekly episodes and grow our team, this model is no longer sustainable.

  • So we have decided to join a podcast network and incorporate ads.

  • This will not affect our content.

  • But it will ensure that we can keep doing this work for the foreseeable future in a way that's fair to our team and sustainable to us.

  • We are, as always, thankful for your support and for helping us make overthink a reality.

  • Hello and welcome to Overthink.

  • The podcast where we put big ideas in dialogue with everyday life.

  • I'm Dr. Ellie Anderson.

  • And I'm Dr. David Penagusman.

  • We are witnessing a major resurgence of traditional femininity today, especially among young women.

  • And I'm not just talking about Sidney Sweeney and that whole discourse.

  • TikTok is abounding these days with material on the divine feminine.

  • Trad wife content is huge.

  • And Cottagecore, which we talked about way back in 2020,

  • Cottagecore sort of back to the land aesthetics are really popular among young women,

  • not just the aesthetics, but also I think increasingly the practices.

  • While we're talking aesthetics though, we have ballet core, we have the mob wife aesthetic,