The ur-deception of human nature is “if I can just change this one thing, then I can finally be happy”. Consumerism and misogyny are both hijackings of this impulse; consumerism promises unending happiness with a new purchase or technology, while misogyny does the same through the message that this joy could be yours if only you could just revoke somebody else’s agency for your own benefit.
The Stepford Wives sits at the intersection of these dark whisperings — imagining a world where technology…
