Editor’s Note: This is the first episode in a special three-episode collaboration with Imperfect Paradise.

During a flurry of election-related anxiety, Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido re-downloaded TikTok and fell down a very specific rabbit hole: Latina trad wife content. Videos of women waking up at three in the morning, making “lonche” for their husbands and espousing traditional lifestyles have gone viral on social media.

In the first episode of a three-part collaboration with the Imperfect Paradise podcast, Latino USA goes behind the scenes with one particular so-called trad wife, Lupita Duarte, to understand what her motivations, politics and aspirations can tell us about the cultural moment.

For a deeper dive into this episode, make sure to read producer Antonia Cereijido’s piece titled, “How I Got Sucked Into Latina Trad Wife TikTok.“

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