housewife
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This is how the happy housewife became part of our cultural landscape.
From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2026
And in an era where women were forced into gendered stereotypes – housewife, temptress, fallen woman, mixed-up girl – she satirised and sent up those roles, playing them to the hilt while emphasising her strength.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Hathaway can handle anything, from a despondent housewife to a rifle-toting badass, but I’ve never seen her tasked to do both in a film this brisk.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
The housewife was accompanying a friend who lost everything.
From Barron's ● Jul. 4, 2026
“A very excellent dinner, Mistress Wood. I war rant there’s not a housewife in the colonies can duplicate your apple tarts.”
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
Tradwife content whitewashes history, but an honest look shows that contempt for housewives was a widespread theme in the past.
From Salon ● Apr. 8, 2026
German defence giant Rheinmetall on Sunday sought to smooth over a row caused by comments from its boss comparing Ukrainian factories producing drones to "housewives" making weapons in their kitchens.
From Barron's ● Mar. 29, 2026
Britain's first Winter Olympics gold in 18 years had been won by a group of Scottish housewives in an odd little sport.
From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026
The series was set to begin filming in the spring and follow Zarin and fellow housewives Kelly Bensimon, Luann de Lesseps, Ramona Singer and Sonja Morgan in South Florida, according to Deadline.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 10, 2026
We went to fetch water together, and we played with empty tuna and tomato paste cans, pretending to cook and be housewives.
From "Lost Boy, Lost Girl" by John Bul Dau
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