"Ballerina Farm" Is Now a Right-Wing Covergirl

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Hannah Neeleman, better known as The Queen of All Trad Wives, has officially become the face of “the New American Dream,” after landing the cover of a conservative women’s publication. But why is her magazine cover model debut causing so much controversy? Is it her love of raw milk??   See all our content on FAIL Blog: http://www.failblog.org Follow us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/FailBlog

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00:00This tradwife influencer with eight kids is under fire for her extreme devotion to conservative

00:05family values. We're talking women belong in the kitchen and drinking raw milk straight from the

00:09cow type of values. Oh, it's so good. Hannah Neeleman, better known as the queen of all

00:17tradwives, has officially become the face of the new American dream after landing the cover of a

00:22conservative women's publication. But why is her magazine cover model debut causing so much

00:26controversy? People seem to feel very strongly about what the realities of her life might be.

00:33Some people see her as kind of a prisoner of her faith and family. Hannah Neelman's TikTok

00:38account, Ballerina Farm, is a viral sensation that's amassed nearly 10 million followers.

00:43Hannah, the beautiful blonde, Juilliard-trained ballerina who traded her pointe shoes for work

00:48boots, documents her life as a stay-at-home mother of eight, where she and her husband

00:52raise cattle and grow crops on a rural Utah homestead. Ballerina Farm made a big splash on

00:57TikTok thanks to Hannah's impeccable devotion to her traditional and folksy way of life.

01:02Ballerina Farm's content displays conservative family values and a way of life that harkens

01:06back to past eras, mixed with just the right amount of aspirational glamour. But Ballerina

01:11Farm's perfect image took a hit earlier this year when a reporter from The Times visited Hannah and

01:16her husband's homestead for a profile. Instead of glowing praise, The Times article portrayed

01:20Hannah's perfect life as her prison, marrying young and abandoning her professional ballet

01:25career for a life filled with farm labor, multiple unmedicated home births, and little day-to-day

01:30support. And who can forget the cringey moment when Hannah's husband gifted her an egg apron

01:34for her birthday? Instead of the relaxing vacation she asked for, the Neelamans quietly downplayed

01:49the negative tone of The Times profile and continued posting as usual. That is, until

01:54last month. In November, Hannah revealed a collaboration between Ballerina Farm and Evie

01:58Magazine, a magazine for American women that its editor-in-chief Brittany Martinez described as

02:03Cosmo for Conservatives. Hannah is the cover model of Evie's latest print edition as the face of the

02:08New American Dream, which Evie Magazine describes as a celebration of Americana, beauty, grounded

02:14ambition, and timeless values. The still unreleased cover story also praises Hannah for showing

02:19"...the joy and fulfillment that can come from living close to the earth and embracing your

02:22unique calling." Despite remaining intentionally tight-lipped about her personal politics,

02:26Hannah's husband is open about their Mormon faith and beliefs, which makes her Evie Magazine

02:31collaboration seem like a pretty clear endorsement. But what's the big deal? There's no harm in

02:35sharing one's political affiliation, right? Well, it may not be as innocent as it seems.

02:40For influencers like Hannah, who markets her brand and generates revenue from her social media

02:44content, delving into personal politics can be tricky and could seriously jeopardize her income.

02:49Partnering with a boldly conservative publication like Evie has turned off a lot of Ballerina Farm

02:54fans who are against right-wing politics or uninterested in politics altogether. Then there's

02:59Evie Magazine's controversial reputation. The magazine has come under fire for churning out

03:04anti-vaccine misinformation and even publishing PSYOP conspiracy theories about pro-life health

03:09care for women. Other critics of Hannah's collaboration with Evie note that the heavy

03:13emphasis on Ballerina Farm's image represents the New American Dream, a term that some say echoes

03:18MAGA talking points that urge women to step back from feminism and to return to a much more

03:23conservative way of life. So when we talk about tradwives, why are we acting like they're not

03:27trying to influence people? So is Hannah Nielman a victim of an oppressive and outdated way of life?

03:32Is she an empowered modern American woman who's living the lifestyle of her dreams? Or is she

03:37merely a prop being used by right-wing media to spread their political agenda? Only time will

03:41tell if the woman behind Ballerina Farm is showing genuine authenticity or if she's just

03:46playing a role in order to line the pockets of her egg apron with cash.

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