Author: Alex Lalli

Alex Lalli (she/her) is a student at Georgetown University '27, majoring in English and American Studies and minoring in Journalism. She writes and edits for the Georgetown Voice, the university's student-run publication, as a part of the Opinions and Leisure section. You can read her work here.

The Fantasy of Underconsumption: Truly Productive or a Tradwife Pipeline?

Since stumbling on “underconsumption-core,” I’ve been deep in a world of no-buy rules, budgeting spreadsheets, and influencers who turn frugality into an aesthetic. What started as a seemingly productive financial reset now feels more like a lifestyle that rewards domesticity and quiet femininity over real economic empowerment. The deeper I looked, the more it felt like a soft return to tradwife ideals.

It’s not that saving money is bad, but when frugality becomes a moral performance, especially for women, it’s worth asking who this trend really serves.

Sabrina Carpenter Gets to the Point of Sexual Expression: Fun and Enjoyment

Sabrina Carpenter’s “sexual revolution” is not unprecedented; in fact, it has been paved for her. Yet, there is still something refreshing—and controversial—about her sexual expression that uniquely contributes to the constant effort of normalizing and embracing female sexuality through art. And perhaps it boils down to a simple truth: Carpenter is making it explicitly clear she enjoys sex, and she’s having fun with it.