Tradwives — cosy cottage core fantasy, or something more sinister? With Megan Agnew, Rosie Waterland, Beverley Wang and Nakkiah Lui
They cook, make babies, and look impossibly perfect while doing it.Tradwives are using social media to redefine femininity and womanhood… or are they just setting it waaaayyy back? The Tradwives Club was presented by the Sydney Opera House at the 2025 All About Women Festival. Speakers Megan Agnew — Senior Features Writer (New York), The Times of London Rosie Waterland — Comedian, author of Broken Brains (with Jamila Rizvi), The Anti-Cool Girl and Every Lie I've Ever Told, host of podcasts Mum Says My Memoir is a Lie and Just the Gist Beverley Wang — National Culture Correspondent, ABC and host of Stop Everything! and Life Matters ABC Radio National Nakkiah Lui (host) — Writer, actor, director, producer, Black Comedy, Kiki & Kitty, Preppers, Total Control and more Further information: Meet the queen of the 'trad wives' (and her eight children) — article by Megan Agnew, The Times
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They cook, make babies, and look impossibly perfect while doing it.Tradwives are using social media to redefine femininity and womanhood… or are they just setting it waaaayyy back?
The Tradwives Club was presented by the Sydney Opera House at the 2025 All About Women Festival.
Speakers
Megan Agnew — Senior Features Writer (New York), The Times of London
Rosie Waterland — Comedian, author of Broken Brains (with Jamila Rizvi), The Anti-Cool Girl and Every Lie I've Ever Told, host of podcasts Mum Says My Memoir is a Lie and Just the Gist
Beverley Wang — National Culture Correspondent, ABC and host of Stop Everything! and Life Matters ABC Radio National
Nakkiah Lui (host) — Writer, actor, director, producer, Black Comedy, Kiki & Kitty, Preppers, Total Control and more
Further information:
Meet the queen of the 'trad wives' (and her eight children) — article by Megan Agnew, The Times