Why Are Tradwives Going Berserk Over Raw Milk?
How one of the most basic staples in the American diet turned into a racial dog whistle.
As a person who watches a lot of Christian fundie snarkage and monitors a lot of right-wing extremist groups, I couldn’t help but notice something a bit…strange.
Lately, I couldn’t help but notice the strange obsession the right wing has with unpasteurized milk. It’s on Christian Evangelical and fundie social media…
No, really, they love this shit.
And it always seems like tradwife influencers are talking about milk too. Sometimes, it’s about their weird breast milk obsession…
Other times, it’s about raw milk because why not? And wherever raw milk rears its head, deriding soy milk follows closely after…
Frankly, I don’t like shitting and puking my brains out, so raw milk is off the table. I also don’t like stomach issues, so I prefer to go for almond milk. Otherwise, you’ll definitely hear at least one part of me complain.
Still, seeing so much raw milk on social media has been weird. I mean, milk doesn’t even taste good. I don’t get it. There must be something else afoot…
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