I went to the "Tradwife College" that Vanity Fair wrote about, and it's SO much worse than you think
Leaving Eden Podcast
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🗓️ 28 April 2026
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, Sadie discusses the recent article in Vanity Fair about Hyles-Anderson College, which she attended from the fall of 2011 until the spring of 2013. While this article did a good job of explaining what makes this college so controlling, we felt that this subject would have been better served with a longer-form piece that focused more on the deeper aspects of control rather than JUST the dress code.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/the-college-for-trad-wives?srsltid=AfmBOopagpD8okZIVAWJdyk7Svyax_rmS8qF4xH0n2dryDQj7eEVtsRL
00:00 - Intro
05:23 - Tradwives
07:43 - Rules for men vs. women
09:43 - MRS Degrees
14:58 - The IFB
20:23 - The Curriculum
28:01 - Bus Routes
33:12 - How Sadie Almost got expelled
38:08 - What the Vanity Fair could have done better
42:48 - Why some people don't make it
44:46 - This is an insular culture
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| 0:00.0 | No rolling river of time. |
| 0:07.0 | You've healed me in too many days. |
| 0:13.0 | No regrets, no confusion. There'll be no pollution. |
| 0:22.5 | I'm so thankful I've decided to change my ways. |
| 0:30.2 | Vanity Fair wrote about my cult college and it is so much worse than you think. |
| 0:35.8 | Did you read the Vanity Fair article about Hiles Anderson College? |
| 0:40.0 | Yes, I did. |
| 0:41.3 | So I read it. |
| 0:42.3 | I actually thought it was not bad. |
| 0:45.1 | I think it would be better for the algorithm if I was like, oh, it was terrible. |
| 0:49.2 | It was so much. |
| 0:50.8 | I don't think it was bad. |
| 0:52.9 | Mad props to Sarah Smith. |
| 0:54.7 | She's the content creator who spoke to Vanity Fair. |
| 0:58.5 | I've actually, actually went to college with her. |
| 1:00.8 | So I can 100% guarantee that, yes, she is a Hiles Anderson College graduate. |
| 1:07.3 | Unlike you. |
| 1:08.1 | She was a, she, uh, |
| 1:09.4 | Wow, Gavi. Wow. |
| 1:11.6 | Wow. |
| 1:12.6 | Hey, Sadie, can you record at 1030 at night so I can insult you? |
| 1:20.6 | No. |
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