Archive - In Pursuit of Clean Countertops

My Summer of Minimal Effort

milkweed and a manifesto

Jul 14, 2023 •

The Gift Of The Raw Milkmaid

The Historical Accuracy Of Evie’s Ballerina Farm-Inspired Milkmaid Dress

Dec 18, 2024 •

Satirical conformity

Plus trad make-believe, the remaking of a life, and the earrings I wear with everything

Sep 19, 2023 •

The Unbearable Daniel of it All

About that Ballerina Farm profile

Jul 26, 2024 •

This cream is not about anti-aging!!!

It's about RADIANCE. It's about feminism.

Sep 22, 2023 •

How Ballerinafarm's husband made me start a newsletter.

Because not all of us live lives lit up by buckets of light courtesy of an apparently callous window.

Mar 11, 2022 •

Mom rage is a dad problem

"Isn't that kind of sexist?"

Sep 29, 2023 •

This is not an essay about Ballerina Farm

On postpartum pageantry and the marketing of thinness and Ideal Motherhood™

Jan 19, 2024 •

If "intentional mediocrity is a sin . . . "

I don't want to be saved

Dec 1, 2023 •

How To Be The Best Domestic Goddess

Winning at Mrs. America

Sep 1, 2023 •

"I don't even know what feminism means anymore."

Ballerina Farm's Hannah Neeleman makes a great point

Aug 2, 2024 •

"The 'welcome to the club sweetie' narrative normalizes marital misery"

Lyz Lenz says it doesn't have to be this way

Feb 23, 2024 •

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