The name Hannah Neeleman is becoming famous and trending in my many platforms. Hannah is a Mormon influencer known as Ballerina Farm and also referred t as the Queen of Traditional Wives (tradwife).
The 34-year-old has eight children and competes in beauty pageants. Her social media accounts reference the intense ballet training she experienced at the Juilliard School and the Utah farm she runs with her husband. Onlookers frequently debate whether Hannah should be praised or criticized for the perfectly manicured life she has been broadcasting online for nearly a decade.
The debate bubbled up once again after U.K.’s Times newspaper published on 20 July a profile that called her the "queen of the tradwives" and again when she issued a rare response to the story on 31 July.
Since Hannah is so selective about what parts of her life she shares with the world, the Times profile introduced a few apparent cracks in her flawless facade, which many thought was a clear misrepresentation of Hannah and ripe with subtle woke agenda.
On 31 July, Hannah said in a short video posted on her social media pages that although she thought her time with the reporter went well, she was "shocked" by the Times article and called it "an attack on our family and my marriage, portraying me as oppressed and my husband being the culprit."
"That couldn’t be further from the truth … which leads me to believe that the angle taken was predetermined," she said. "Together, we have built a business from scratch. We've brought eight children into this world and have prioritized our marriage all along the way. We are co-parents, co-CEOs, co-diaper changers, kitchen cleaners and decision makers."
After writer Megan Agnew shared recordings of her interview with Hannah on the Times’ podcast, some say it reveals that the influencer’s words were taken out of context.
"We’re in a partnership now, you know," Hannah says in the recording. "I don’t feel like I’m at home raising kids by myself … we really carry the mantle together."
In a viral video response to the profile, one TikToker said "the reporter clearly had an agenda."
"There are so many comments from women … who have been so corrupted by modern feminists that they just cannot fathom that a woman could actually find it very empowering and freeing to lean into her femininity and the things that make her special," she said.