Anne Hathaway’s reported casting in the upcoming adaptation of Caro Claire Burke’s novel Yesteryear is drawing attention in Korea for its premise centered on a modern “tradwife” influencer.
The story follows a woman who builds a popular social media image around traditional domestic life and idealized gender roles before unexpectedly finding herself transported to 19th-century America. There, the carefully curated lifestyle she promoted online collides with the much harsher realities of everyday life for women at the time.
The post highlighted details from the premise including the absence of modern conveniences such as washing machines, antibiotics, and refrigerators, along with exhausting domestic labor and the limited legal and political rights available to women. The poster argued that the concept feels particularly timely because “tradwife” content has become increasingly visible on social media.
The post also pointed to online discussions surrounding influencers who romanticize highly traditional domestic roles, with the original poster expressing hope that the film would challenge some of the idealized portrayals associated with the trend.
Netizen Reactions
The sampled comments were largely enthusiastic about the film’s premise, with users praising its perceived timeliness while criticizing the romanticization of “tradwife” lifestyles on social media.
1. Our Anne is working nonstop ㅋㅋ The movie looks fun. That whole trend was so bizarre.
2. This looks fun. I should read the book.
3. Seriously, when does Anne ever rest? She works harder than any actor I’ve ever seen.
4. If they still don’t snap out of it after watching this, then they’re seriously mentally ill..
5. The trend is f***ing bizarre.
6. Saying it would be fine to get rid of women’s voting rights—who do they think they are? What nonsense... That’s insane.
7. Honestly ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Even if you dropped them in 1960 instead of 1855, they’d probably shut right up about all that far-right/feminism/tradwife stuff. Half a century ago, American women were taking stimulants and tranquilizers just to keep up with the “ideal wife” role—supporting a working husband, cooking, doing laundry and ironing, raising children, while keeping themselves perfectly put together too.
8. Wow, I’ve been seeing that exact thing all over my algorithm too—getting married young in your early-to-mid 20s to someone 10 years older ← It comes up constantly. I literally only look at recipes and animals, but it still shows up. Like, constantly. Does every young woman get shown this? Maybe because of that influence, my 21-year-old cousin said she wants to marry early and the whole family freaked out. It’s so f***ing harmful.
9. The timing of this story is insane ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
10. Exactly. I guess they’d have to actually experience having their rights taken away ㅋㅋㅠ before realizing what they’re promoting.
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