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Marie Claire
Marie Claire
Lifestyle
Mischa Anouk Smith

Tradwives like Ballerina Farm are some of social media’s biggest influencers, but are they promoting female submission?

Tradwives .

It’s “super early” in the morning, and 22-year-old model and mother of three Nara Smith is making bagels and cream cheese—from scratch—to celebrate her fourth wedding anniversary to model Lucky Blue Smith. Naturally, she’s wearing a silky black slip and matching robe trimmed with marabou feathers. Oh, and she’s heavily pregnant.

The scene—which sees Smith kneading bread while a slow jazz rendition of “As Time Goes By” plays in the background—might sound like a clip from Leave It to Beaver or the sixties-era Apple TV+ show Palm Royale, but it was posted on TikTok to Smith’s 4.9 million followers.

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