# I went to the "Tradwife College" that Vanity Fair wrote about, and it's SO much worse than you think

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Podcast: [Leaving Eden Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/leaving-eden-podcast-1284338)
Published: 2026-04-28T09:00:00+00:00
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In today's episode, Sadie discusses the recent article in Vanity Fair about Hyles-Anderson College, which she attended from the fall of 2011 until the spring of 2013. While this article did a good job of explaining what makes this college so controlling, we felt that this subject would have been better served with a longer-form piece that focused more on the deeper aspects of control rather than JUST the dress code. https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-college-for-trad-wives?srsltid=AfmBOopagpD8okZIVAWJdyk7Svyax_rmS8qF4xH0n2dryDQj7eEVtsRL 00:00 - Intro 05:23 - Tradwives 07:43 - Rules for men vs. women 09:43 - MRS Degrees 14:58 - The IFB 20:23 - The Curriculum 28:01 - Bus Routes 33:12 - How Sadie Almost got expelled 38:08 - What the Vanity Fair could have done better 42:48 - Why some people don't make it 44:46 - This is an insular culture Subscribe to Leaving Eden Podcast on YouTube! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJ4q94gAnsoW2jME4SvVrrQ Join our Patreon for extended, uncensored, and ad-free versions of most of our episodes, as well as other patron perks and bonus content! https://www.patreon.com/LeavingEdenPodcast Join our Facebook group to join in the discussion with other fans! https://www.facebook.com/groups/edenexodus Join our subreddit! Reddit.com/r/EdenExodus Bluesky: @leavingedenpodcast.bsky.social @hellyeahsadie.bsky.social @gavihacohen.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/leavingedenpodcast/ https://www.instagram.com/sadiecarpentermusic/ https://www.instagram.com/gavrielhacohen/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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