A Homemaker's Manifesto | Isa Ryan | Substack

The raw, honest truth about "good homemakers"

And why you need to stop telling yourself you're a "bad" one

Jan 15 • Isa Ryan

No, I don't think I'm "better than you"

I think traditional Christian values are better for women

Dec 26, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The death of cottage industry broke up the family unit before feminism did

…but a new generation of families is changing this

Aug 29, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Vintage Style Without Vintage Values Is Just A Costume

Call me sentimental, but I’ve always had a soft spot for vintage fashion.

Published on Evie Magazine • Jan 3

Yes, women create "holiday magic"...and so do men

Responding to the navel-gazing holiday meme that "holiday magic would disappear without women"

Dec 29, 2025 • Isa Ryan

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Let him be a man

Jul 12, 2023 • Isa Ryan

I didn’t have a homemaker for a mother

Aug 19, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The myth of the 1950’s trad wife

Sep 4, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The great “women’s rights” delusion

Nov 14, 2024 • Isa Ryan

Classical Christian femininity + healing from toxic postmodern feminism

Things the first wave feminists were right about...

...that feminists don't seem to care about anymore

Dec 20, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The "pick me" fallacy

And why anyone who uses it is automatically forfeiting their logical thinking skills

Dec 10, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Men are not dogs

It's an insult to women to hold men to a low standard...and, it's a trauma-response

Dec 1, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Why self-care should matter to traditional women

The burnt-out, exhausted homemaker is a product of modernism

Nov 25, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Confessions of an anti-feminist essayist

Some personal thoughts about what it’s like upsetting people on the internet.

Nov 23, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Veterans of war and the women who love them

War is hell, and men walk right into it. Yet women are not spared its flames.

Nov 11, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The truth about homemaking in unprecedented times

You are not failing at upholding your deeply held values just because you’re struggling as a homemaker. We all struggle.

Oct 20, 2025 • Isa Ryan

A feminist-turned-housewife shares her story

Guest post from Elisabeth Stone from Of Home and Womanhood

Oct 16, 2025 • Isa Ryan and Elisabeth Stone

How dare Taylor Swift not die a childless cat lady?!

Feminists upset over Swift’s “trad” album and the fact that she is "aligned" with her fiancé

Oct 9, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The failing logic of the "red pill"

Why it’s not enough to simply be anti-feminist

Oct 4, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Could women have bank accounts before feminism?

Spoiler: women totally had bank accounts before feminism

Sep 30, 2025 • Isa Ryan

No, “gender roles” were not created to oppress women

Let’s break down this awful assumption

Sep 24, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Esthetics, internet culture, and morality

The rise of "trad" and "cozycore" is not simply an empty movement

Sep 20, 2025 • Isa Ryan

The myth of the 1950’s trad wife

We’ve got a lot to learn about history

Sep 4, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Who killed the American family?

Marxists and postmodernists have been quite open about their opinions about the family unit, but the narrative has only reached a higher pitch in recent…

Sep 2, 2025 • Isa Ryan

Today is “Women’s Equality Day” and I have thoughts

Are equal voting rights really the measure of equal dignity?

Aug 26, 2025 • Isa Ryan

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