Trad Wives and TikTok: A Talk with Sara Moslener
The Religious Studies Club will be hosting Sara Moslener for a talk on the popular “Trad Wife” trend on TikTok. After a presentation, various TikTok posts will be viewed and analyzed.
Date: Thursday, November 11th at 4:00 p.m
Location: Wells Hall, B-Wing, Room B342
Sara Moslener is a lecturer in the Department of Philosophy, Anthropology, and Religion at Central Michigan University where she teaches courses on the history of religious and racial discrimination in the United States. She has been studying evangelical purity culture for over 15 years and has numerous publications including the book Virgin Nation: Sexual Purity and American Adolescence (Oxford University Press: 2015) which demonstrates how sexual purity campaigns and rhetoric have been used by white Protestants since the 19th century to obtain greater political power and cultural influence.