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USA Today
28-02-2025
- Entertainment
- USA Today
Patriarchy Hannah built a following as the perfect trad wife. Was it all a lie?
Patriarchy Hannah built a following as the perfect trad wife. Was it all a lie? Show Caption Hide Caption 'Trad wives' are becoming more popular for young women. What to know. The 'trad wives,' or a traditional wife lifestyle gained popularity on social media. Now more young women are exploring the alternative lifestyle. Ariana Triggs and Claire Hardwick, USA TODAY She has 14 children. She dotes on her husband, Tony, who works in construction. She frequently discusses the importance of wives "submitting" to their husbands − and built a significant following online in doing so. To many, she's the quintessential "trad wife." Or is she? On X, the trad-wife influencer known as "Patriarchy Hannah" has come under scrutiny, after internet sleuths alleged the idealized, "traditional-wife" persona she presents online is a lie. The controversy has sent shockwaves through the trad-wife corner of the internet, where many looked to Patriarchy Hannah for advice on matters of family, marriage and faith. In response, the Patriarchy Hannah account posted a since-deleted apology on X, according to screenshots circulating online and a report from NBC News. The person behind the account could not immediately be reached for comment, and the account on X has also been deleted. 'I just want to say that I am sorry for the lies I told and the hurt I caused," read the apology. "I never intended for this account to become as big as it did, and once things started snowballing, I enjoyed the relationships I'd built and didn't know how to put an end to it." Regardless of who Patriarchy Hannah actually is, experts say the debacle serves as an important reminder to approach what you see online with skepticism, particularly when it comes from an influencer touting a lifestyle that's unrealistic or unattainable for many. 'Provider women': Are they the opposite of 'trad wives'? They're getting attention on TikTok. "Anytime that people feel swindled or conned, there's going to be a visceral response to it," psychotherapist Stephanie Sarkis says. "We as humans generally trust in someone as who they say they are. So, when we find out that's not true, it brings up a lot of questions about human nature and also people feeling taken advantage of." Why we need to be more skeptical On the internet, the term "trad wives," short for "traditional wives," refers to a subgroup of women who choose to live as homemakers. Trad wives are typically conservative, usually Christians and post about things like cooking, cleaning and subservience to their husbands. Some emulate a wardrobe and aesthetic akin to women from the 1950s. The Patriarchy Hannah account purported to be run by one of these women. It amassed over 25,000 followers on X, making it a significant presence in the online trad-wife community. On Feb. 14, X user Ryan Duff posted a lengthy thread of alleged inconsistencies in Patriarchy Hannah's personal story. The thread went viral with over 3 million views. Then came the apology. 'The bottom line is that I am not who I presented (myself) to be," the since-deleted Patriarchy Hannah post read. "I'm not going to be giving my reasons for why I started because I am not looking for sympathy here. It was wrong, and I humbly hope that you all can find it in your hearts to forgive me in the future." What is a 'trad wife'? These controversial women are drawing attention – and opinions Followers expressed a range of emotions, including shock, outrage and sadness. "I'm not sure who the sadder people are in the Patriarchy Hannah debacle…" one user wrote. "The girl for perpetuating the fraud… or the people who wanted it to be real so bad they believed it." Others have found the whole thing entertaining, like user Hilary Crowder: "Listen two things can be true: (1)The 'Patriarchy Hannah' situation is horrible, sad, and shows the depth of deception humans are capable of AND (2) I need another hit of this story because Netflix hasn't produced anything as compelling as this dumpster fire in years." If Patriarchy Hannah did fabricate her life story, she's not the only influencer to do so. Annabelle 'Belle' Gibson, for instance, became an Instagram star while proclaiming she had an elixir that managed her terminal cancer. In reality, it was a con she implemented to launch a wellness empire that included a cookbook and an app. Netflix recently turned Gibson's grift into a six-episode limited series called 'Apple Cider Vinegar.' 'Trad wives' controversy continues: TikTok star Nara Smith reacts to 'hateful' criticism Catfishing happens often and to varying degrees, thanks to the anonymity afforded by the internet. Stories of catfishing captivate us because they hit on a core human fear: that of being deceived, Sarkis says. "It really calls into question our ideas of trustworthiness and how quickly someone can feel attached to someone that is having a shared experience," she says. This also goes for people who don't agree with Patriarchy Hannah or trad wives, but who still engaged with her posts. "If you didn't agree with the account, if you were still viewing it, you were still having some type of connection." What the Patriarchy Hannah controversy says about trad wives To some, the Patriarchy Hannah situation speaks to deeper issues within the trad wife movement. Critics of trad wives often accuse them of promoting a lifestyle that's unattainable. As journalist and author Jo Piazza previously told USA TODAY, the purported '50s sitcom life was just that: a television ideal, not a real one. "It's a false nostalgia for a time that didn't exist for the majority of the population, and for a time that was incredibly demeaning, condescending and difficult for women," Piazza previously said of trad wives. More: Could trad wives, influencers have sparked the red wave among female voters? Trad wives tend to draw a lot of attention in general because their content hits on topics that are already polarizing: gender dynamics, relationship structures and politics. The controversial nature of trad wives adds to the intrigue around Patriarchy Hannah. "If you have a topic that's very polarizing, you're going to get the people that identify with it and the people that are against it," she says. "Anything that's polarizing draws attention from a large swath of people." Contributing: Erin Jensen, Ariana Triggs, Claire Hardwick and David Oliver
Yahoo
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Tradwife account ‘Patriarchy Hannah' apologizes for lies, says she was ‘not who I presented myself to be'
The person behind a popular 'tradwife' social media account apologized Monday for misleading followers into thinking the account owner was an ultra-conservative married mother of 14. 'I just want to say that I am sorry for the lies I told and the hurt I caused. I never intended for this account to become as big as it did, and once things started snowballing, I enjoyed the relationships I'd built and didn't know how to put an end to it,' the person behind the X account 'Patriarchy Hannah' wrote. Just who is 'Patriarchy Hannah?' It's still not entirely clear. The social media fracas started last week, after internet sleuth Ryan Duff published a lengthy thread on X that dove into the account's background, pointing out inconsistencies in claims that the 'Hannah' character made over the past four years. He said he combed through property records and obituaries, in addition to using reverse image searches, to prove that 'Hannah' was not real. Duff did not immediately reply to a request for comment made via X. His search led him to an Arkansas-based woman who does not appear to have 14 children. It's also unclear if she is married. Images of a property shared by 'Hannah,' and traced by Duff on the real estate site Zillow, appear to belong to a house in Louisiana. NBC News has not confirmed the identity of the person behind the account and was not immediately able to contact them. A request for comment sent to the 'Patriarchy Hannah' account did not receive a response. 'Patriarchy Hannah' is one of many online accounts that have gained some measure of popularity in recent years for embracing what they consider to be traditional women roles, with a heavy emphasis on childbearing and homemaking. The lifestyle has been embraced by some in conservative circles, while receiving criticism in more progressive feminist and left-leaning spaces. The popularity of some tradwife accounts has also brought with it greater scrutiny, with the well-worn social media dynamic that life in the real world may not be as rosy as it's portrayed online. Some people who once created tradwife content have since become its most visible critics, and media profiles of tradwife personalities are almost always followed by heated debate. 'Patriarchy Hannah,' who goes by the X handle @harmonizedgrace, was a relatively small figure in this world, having amassed about 27,000 followers on the platform. A discord server, which was used by fans of the account and appeared to be run by the same person running the Hannah account, has been removed. It's unclear why. The community around 'Hannah,' who joined X in 2021, according to the account page, continued to grow as they pushed traditional beliefs and conservative ideals. The person running the account said they never made significant income from the 'Hannah' account. The 'Hannah' account posted frequently about their purported children and her husband 'Tony,' who does not appear to be a real person, according to Duff's research. The 'Hannah' character would describe how women should behave and how they should present themselves, including posting about how women 'act like having children is an excuse to gain weight and it's not.' She also posted about how there's 'no space for fat people in the public eye.' She also wrote that if someone's husband isn't 'capable of violence,' then they 'don't have a husband; you have a wife.' The 'Hannah' account also shared the belief that husbands and wives should not have ideological differences. 'If my husband tells me that something in the bible means something different than I thought, I just accept that he's right,' one post reads. Despite the account's relatively small following (some tradwife personalities have amassed hundreds of thousands of followers), the revelation of its fallacy sent shock waves through conservative corners of social media, some of which had grown to trust and even confide in the 'Hannah' character. Many replied to the apology saying it wasn't enough, and that their trust had been breached. As part of the apology, the account said that the person running it will not return to X and that they don't see a point in sorting through what accusations are accurate and which are incorrect. 'The bottom line is that I am not who I presented [myself] to be. I'm not going to be giving my reasons for why I started because I am not looking for sympathy here. It was wrong, and I humbly hope that you all can find it in your hearts to forgive me in the future,' the person running the account posted. They closed their post by asking that people on X stop 'reaching out to my family' and said that their family is 'aware of the situation but are very freaked out by people trying to make contact with them.' This article was originally published on
NBC News
19-02-2025
- Entertainment
- NBC News
Tradwife account ‘Patriarchy Hannah' apologizes for lies, says she was ‘not who I presented myself to be'
The person behind a popular 'tradwife' social media account apologized Monday for misleading followers into thinking the account owner was an ultra-conservative married mother of 14. 'I just want to say that I am sorry for the lies I told and the hurt I caused. I never intended for this account to become as big as it did, and once things started snowballing, I enjoyed the relationships I'd built and didn't know how to put an end to it,' the person behind the X account 'Patriarchy Hannah' wrote. Just who is 'Patriarchy Hannah?' It's still not entirely clear. The social media fracas started last week, after internet sleuth Ryan Duff published a lengthy thread on X that dove into the account's background, pointing out inconsistencies in claims that the 'Hannah' character made over the past four years. He said he combed through property records and obituaries, in addition to using reverse image searches, to prove that 'Hannah' was not real. Duff did not immediately reply to a request for comment made via X. His search led him to an Arkansas-based woman who does not appear to have 14 children. It's also unclear if she is married. Images of a property shared by 'Hannah,' and traced by Duff on the real estate site Zillow, appear to belong to a house in Louisiana. NBC News has not confirmed the identity of the person behind the account and was not immediately able to contact them. A request for comment sent to the 'Patriarchy Hannah' account did not receive a response. 'Patriarchy Hannah' is one of many online accounts that have gained some measure of popularity in recent years for embracing what they consider to be traditional women roles, with a heavy emphasis on childbearing and homemaking. The lifestyle has been embraced by some in conservative circles, while receiving criticism in more progressive feminist and left-leaning spaces. The popularity of some tradwife accounts has also brought with it greater scrutiny, with the well-worn social media dynamic that life in the real world may not be as rosy as it's portrayed online. Some people who once created tradwife content have since become its most visible critics, and media profiles of tradwife personalities are almost always followed by heated debate. 'Patriarchy Hannah,' who goes by the X handle @harmonizedgrace, was a relatively small figure in this world, having amassed about 27,000 followers on the platform. A discord server, which was used by fans of the account and appeared to be run by the same person running the Hannah account, has been removed. It's unclear why. The community around 'Hannah,' who joined X in 2021, according to the account page, continued to grow as they pushed traditional beliefs and conservative ideals. The person running the account said they never made significant income from the 'Hannah' account. The 'Hannah' account posted frequently about their purported children and her husband 'Tony,' who does not appear to be a real person, according to Duff's research. The 'Hannah' character would describe how women should behave and how they should present themselves, including posting about how women 'act like having children is an excuse to gain weight and it's not.' She also posted about how there's 'no space for fat people in the public eye.' She also wrote that if someone's husband isn't 'capable of violence,' then they 'don't have a husband; you have a wife.' The 'Hannah' account also shared the belief that husbands and wives should not have ideological differences. 'If my husband tells me that something in the bible means something different than I thought, I just accept that he's right,' one post reads. Despite the account's relatively small following (some tradwife personalities have amassed hundreds of thousands of followers), the revelation of its fallacy sent shock waves through conservative corners of social media, some of which had grown to trust and even confide in the 'Hannah' character. Many replied to the apology saying it wasn't enough, and that their trust had been breached. As part of the apology, the account said that the person running it will not return to X and that they don't see a point in sorting through what accusations are accurate and which are incorrect. 'The bottom line is that I am not who I presented [myself] to be. I'm not going to be giving my reasons for why I started because I am not looking for sympathy here. It was wrong, and I humbly hope that you all can find it in your hearts to forgive me in the future,' the person running the account posted. They closed their post by asking that people on X stop 'reaching out to my family' and said that their family is 'aware of the situation but are very freaked out by people trying to make contact with them.'
