What Is A Trad Larper And Why Are We Seeing More Of Them Now Than Ever?
I get that postmodern society puts a bad taste in your mouth, but basing your entire identity on an aesthetic isn’t “trad,” it’s performance art.
Have you ever wondered where you fall on the trad to modern spectrum? Do you find yourself more percentage points closer to “traditional” compared to other women? Lately, I can’t help but feel a bit overwhelmed with the number of ladies I see on social media romanticizing living on a homestead, being barefoot in the kitchen, and having six kids minimum. They’re drawn to a lifestyle they think is noble and beautiful, but where they go wrong is basing their identity on an aesthetic and ravenously donning a demeanor as a costume they fail to fit into. This is the trad larper.
The trad larper is a caricature of the trad wife, the model stay-at-home mother whose talents lie in child rearing and homemaking. Yes, stay-at-home mothers exist, but the trad larper is rarely married, likely does not have children, and probably has not stepped foot on a farm in her life. Her identity is so traditional that she spends her days on social media – so very trad!