What does the first paragraph tell you about the main character?
What do you think of the subtle way Natalie flaunts her wealth?
Do you think Natalie is only able to be perfect at life because she has an army of people behind her doing everything?
What do you think of Natalie placing her followers and children on the same level?
Do you think that we get a closer look at Natalie during the interview questions, or do you think we see her duality more when we are in her head?
Natalie addresses her staff by their role at the farm and then by their names. Why do you think she does this?
Natalie reveals to us that she is grateful that she had a group of girls because they were easier to train than the boys. How did this make you feel when you read it?
When Natalie shares the products that she sells from the farm, what do you think of most of the items coming from other countries?
Do you think Natalie is truly a woman of principles?
What do you think of Clementine’s refusal to be filmed and Natalie’s response to her refusal?
Which moment in Part One do you think was the true catalyst for Natalie’s life?
In Part Two, much like Natalie, we are thrust into the past. What do you think of her comments that everything is the same but isn’t?
14 responses to “Yesteryear Day One”
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1. Natalie ascribes a lot of her success to innate qualities she thinks she has: she considers herself naturally disciplined, naturally a hard worker, naturally a morning person. Almost like her thinks it’s only natural she should have the position she does in society, as if it is pre-ordained.
2. Is it subtle? Where I’m sitting, she’s flaunting loud and clear! It strikes me as quite ‘new money’ to constantly comment on the quality or expense of her household goods. It makes me think she grew up with less wealth than the lifestyle she’s living now.
3. For sure! There aren’t enough hours in the day for her to get everything on her to do list done if she were doing it all herself. Not to mention, she delegates tasks to those more skilled and capable than her in the relevant areas.
4. I feel it’s a symptom of how all consuming the family vlogging has become. Natalie sees the children as another set of viewers rather than humans with needs and agency beyond her social media empire.
5. The interview segments make the falseness of her online persona more explicit, but I feel we learn more about who she is when we are in her head.
6. I think she regards people first and foremost in terms of what they can do for her, especially her employees.
7. I felt quite sad for her kids. Instead of encouraging the girls to be independent and curious, she’s happy to limit them as it’s easier for her.
8. Not even a little bit surprised. Natalie exploits her own family for financial gain. Of course she’s okay with exploiting workers in countries with lower wages and fewer rights.
9. That’s a question I’ve been wrestling with! On the one hand, she truly seems to be committed to her religious faith. Like many people, she doesn’t live up to the ideals she claims to admire and expect others to live up to. Ultimately, I think she’s a hypocrite. Her main principle is furthering her own success.
10. I think it’s very natural for kids to grow out of being okay with being filmed 24/7, but Clementine shouldn’t have had to ask. Her parents should have been more protective and never put her in that position. It speaks poorly to Natalie as a person, and a mother, that she’s never asked her kids if they mind being filmed or proactively given them the choice to opt out.
11. Meeting her husband’s father. They seem to be cut from the cloth, and have a plan to make something of Caleb.
12. It’s eerie! Like she’s woken up in the Twilight Zone or an episode of Black Mirror. -
1. Shes a pompous, arrogant trad wife who wants all the comforts of stay at home mom without actually lifting a finger to do any it herself, a whole team of people await her as she wakes up every day, what actual trad wife can say that.
2. The true depth of her wealth is flaunted by what is deliberately pushed just outside the camera frame on that tripod. Natalie markets a lifestyle where she is the ultimate, self-sufficient mamma bear doing it all. However, the narrative she creates strips away the filters to show a small army of nannies, ranch hands, and a professional social media producer. The money makes the lifestyle look easy.
3. Yes, shes popping out babies left right and centre for a man that can only do certain jobs on the farm and who cheats on her, no way she was holding that all together by herself.
4. By placing her millions of followers and her own children on the identical level of “priorities” is one of the most chilling, psychologically revealing aspects of her character. It exposes the rot inside her influencer persona, to Natalie, both her children and her audience exist for the exact same purpose, as props to validate her identity. I like how Clementine shot her down outside target when she didnt want to be filmed.
5. I think when we’re in her head, we see the duality of her character more, because shes more herself there than in the candy coated answers she has for those interview questions. Its all scripted and laid out, so she can spin it however she wants, whereas in her head we see how proper cooked she really is.
6.Natalie addressing her staff by their job title first like, our ranch hand, Silas or my content coordinator, Shannon, before mentioning their names is a power move that serves two purposes, one for her digital audience, and one for her own ego. Shes knee deep in her own fluffed up ego.
7. When she uses the word train instead of raise, guide, or nurture, it completely changed how I viewed her relationship with her girld. It made me feel deep pity for those girls, who are now completely striped of their innocence and makes her come across as a cult leader almost leading their sheep in a certain way of life.
8. This was hilarious for me, products imported from entirely different countries is the ultimate exposure of hypocrisy within her brand. She can’t even make the products she trying to promote and sell herself, HYPOCRITE of note. Sourced locally FROM TAIWAN.
9. Absolutely not, she has no clue what that even means, she’s working on her own warped reality of what principles should be
10. I think that poor kid has had enough and her preteen pubescent state was ready for a fight with her momma, even though Natalie spun it and said, oh I didnt know you didnt want to be filmed, you should have told me, and Clem whipped right on back and said, well I’m telling you now, clear boundaries where set and miss Clementine was within her rights to do so.
11. When Shannon quit in that email and we learn that her husband was cheating on her with Shannon and then the candidate election talk… thats what it all started going south.
12. I think shes trying to create a mind map of her life and the pieces fit but not quite right and even though it seems the same the rabbit hole shes fallen into as she still thinks shes dreaming its so different to the perfectly curated version of it shes used to
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1. What does the first paragraph tell you about the main character?
It immediately gives me the impression that she thinks she’s better than anyone else. Arrogant to say the least.
2. What do you think of the subtle way Natalie flaunts her wealth?
It’s funny to an extent and actually made me think of someone I know who does that sort of thing.
3. Do you think Natalie is only able to be perfect at life because she has an army of people behind her doing everything?
Definitely, but she doesn’t seem to give them any credit for it.
4. What do you think of Natalie placing her followers and children on the same level?
It’s surprising and sad at the same time.
5. Do you think that we get a closer look at Natalie during the interview questions, or do you think we see her duality more when we are in her head?
Yes, it’s almost contradictory but also reveals her true colours.
6. Natalie addresses her staff by their role at the farm and then by their names. Why do you think she does this?
Natalie doesn’t really see them as people, but rather a means to an end. They are there purely to serve her.
7. Natalie reveals to us that she is grateful that she had a group of girls because they were easier to train than the boys. How did this make you feel when you read it?
As a Mom reading this… it’s quite an interesting take and can’t really understand how any Mom would have this view. Boys and girls are different, no doubt… but “train”?? I don’t get it.
8. When Natalie shares the products that she sells from the farm, what do you think of most of the items coming from other countries?
This happens on the internet everyday lol! Didn’t surprise me.9. Do you think Natalie is truly a woman of principles?
A very unique set of principles. Ha ha.10. What do you think of Clementine’s refusal to be filmed and Natalie’s response to her refusal?
As a Reviewsger Mom who does share content with my kids, I never force them to do anything they don’t want to do. Clementine has every right to refuse to be in content and Natalie should have respected her more in that moment.
11. Which moment in Part One do you think was the true catalyst for Natalie’s life?
I think it’s meeting Caleb and his inheritance.
12. In Part Two, much like Natalie, we are thrust into the past. What do you think of her comments that everything is the same but isn’t?
Everything resembles her current life – the farm, the husband, the kids etc – it’s just not as “perfect” as she perceives her current life to be.
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1. The first paragraph tells me that the main character is very much someone who values routine and discipline and she finds her worth in these things. I think she comes off pretentious for being able to do almost everything without asking for help and being able to do it perfectly.
2. She subtly flaunts her wealth by the mentions of how much landscape she owns, her being able to afford help that makes her life more easier and essentially being able to make a living on social media and still being a traditional wife.
3. Yes, without her staff, she would be exhausted from raising all her kids and would not even have the time to even try to pretend that her life is perfect.
4. Natalie placing her followers and children at the same level shows that she views both parties as a means to an end. Her kids help her to achieve the perfect trad wife look while her followers feed her social media presence and give her validation.
5. We get more of a sense of Natalie’s duality through her mind. We see her intrusive thoughts creep and a real sense of what her character is actually life versus what she says to appear as if she has no faults and doesn’t say anything wrong.
6. Natalie addresses her staff by their roles first to establish that she views them as her workers first before who they are as a person. Almost as a way to remind us that even though she is close contact with them, that they are merely there to do their jobs. It also reminds her followers that she can afford staff to help her.
7. This made me believe that Natalie feeds into the boy mom stereotype in which she has a softer spot for her sons and expects more from her daughters.
8. Natalie outsourcing her items from other countries is very typical her as an influencer. She’s creating an illusion for her followers and is profiting off of it.
9. I don’t think Natalie is truly a woman of principles. She’s too caught up on the delusion of it all.
10. I think Clementine is at the age where she’s becoming more conscious of the things around her. She’s now fed up with her mom always putting a camera in her face every moment and doesn’t seem to catch a break.
11. I think the true catalyst was when her producer quit because of the affair with Caleb. Natalie wasn’t able to sweep it under the rug and continue as if nothing happened.
12. Everything feels familiar to Natalie at first glance because it is technically her home but when she pays attention to the detail of it all she knows that this isn’t her home. -
1) she is living in a dream world where she thinks everyone wants to be her. She thinks that the reason she has this life is because she is perfect, not because she has things that make it a lot easier to live this way
2) It’s almost like she thinks she is better than everyone because of this wealth and what it affords her. Especially with the way she treats her staff.
3) YES. This is not something she would be able to achieve on her own, especially not with the amount of children she has. I mean, she wakes up and they are already being taken care of. She doesn’t even have to think about it.
4) Extremely out of touch. It’s almost as if the children are also just there for show, to serve a purpose. She is not actually as present with her children as she thinks she is
5) It’s almost like her real answers are trying to slip through the cracks when she is answering the questions, but she clearly practised it beforehand. It’s just that some of the questions throw her off so she is unable to come up with a perfectly curated answer. When we are in her head we can see exactly how hypocritical she is.
6) She doesn’t see them as people. She sees them as what they do for her.
7) It, again, made me feel like they are just there to fit to her lifestyle and not there to actually just be kids. She wants them curated to her perfect image that she is displaying online. It also feels as if she doesn’t really love them, especially when she describes giving birth to her first, she says “something that feels like love”. I feel like you would know when you love your child.
8) It feels like a big charade and a scam. I mean she is advertising it as locally sourced and from the farm. Just shows that the life she is trying to sell is not real at all and she is deluding herself and her followers into thinking it is.
9) She thinks that she is. But those principles would fall away when all the luxury does.
10) I completely understand. I think now that she’s older and can truly understand how invasive it is, she is right to not want it anymore. Natalie was clearly upset about it, and the fact that in her head she says that she’s never actually given them an option to speak up, shows that it was never about the children’s needs/ wants.
11) Definitely after Shannon quits and she is praying with her husband.
12) I think this is what the life is she was trying to model to people actually looks like. She mentioned that the dishwashers were hidden from the public view, and in part two she doesnt have anything like that. The fireplace that didn’t work in part 1 was now her only source of heat. It’s the true reality of what she was trying to display, but now she actually has to live in it.
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1. She seems to me like someone who is truck loads of confidence but also very close to arrogance. Someone who thinks that everyone wants to be like her.
2. It’s giving “I’m wealthy and I want you all to know” but also “no that’s not the right thing to do”.
3. Definitely having help does make the load less heavy.
4. That’s a very strange thing to me. I think she didn’t really want this life for herself.
5. I think she is more herself when in her head. Because then she isn’t trying to portray herself as perfect.
6. It seems to me that it’s to always keep them in check because honestly you are a person before you are an employee so I have no idea why you would be constantly addressed as your job title.
7. She doesn’t treat her children like children but just as characters in her grand show and honestly that was just heartbreaking.
8. I wasn’t expecting those at all because for me in a farm you sell produce from the farm.
9. Not at all. I think she was sometime in the past but at the present moment no.
10. It’s expected for someone at her age. She is coming to self and figuring what she likes and doesn’t like. I just think her mom doesn’t take her seriously enough. Because she just brushed her off.
11. When she was 17 and left home for college. I think that was the first time she got to do things her way almost like a tug of war between what she knows to be true and what she believes in the current moment.
12. I’m honestly still confused at it all. But I definitely understand that notion because I too feel like that sometimes. Where things are different but they still feel the same.
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What does the first paragraph tell you about the main character?
She portrays herself as perfect and disciplined, like nothing is too hard and everything comes easily for her.What do you think of the subtle way Natalie flaunts her wealth?
I think in many ways it’s flawed. She is portraying only a portion of what her reality is and acting superior to everyone else. I am not so sure it really is subtle as she seems to view herself as superior to everyone else and behaves as such.Do you think Natalie is only able to be perfect at life because she has an army of people behind her doing everything?
Yes, I think she relies on her army of people to do all the menial tasks and give her what she views as the perfect life and enables to portray this perfect wife image and brand she has created. Very superficial.What do you think of Natalie placing her followers and children on the same level?
I think it speaks to her self-interest. She only does things that serve her and very little for others. She may see it as serving others, but in reality she will only do it if it helps achieve her own agenda.Do you think that we get a closer look at Natalie during the interview questions, or do you think we see her duality more when we are in her head?
I think we get more from her inner monologue. The interview she is still very focused on the image and external views.Natalie addresses her staff by their role at the farm and then by their names. Why do you think she does this?
In a way it also dehumanizes them and she places more value on how they serve her than who they are as individuals.Natalie reveals to us that she is grateful that she had a group of girls because they were easier to train than the boys. How did this make you feel when you read it?
This still feels a lot like there is segregation between the sexes for her. She seems to prefer people sticking mostly within their gender biased skills and talents. I felt sorry for the boys as they seem more neglected by her than the girls.When Natalie shares the products that she sells from the farm, what do you think of most of the items coming from other countries?
She is so superficial and all about the image, rather than being authentic. So it does surprise me that it is not something she actually had any real part in making.Do you think Natalie is truly a woman of principles?
Not really, she loves quoting scripture to support her supposed principles. She does however cast judgement on everyone around her, which I do not feel lives up to other scriptures. For example: “You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgement on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who judge do the exact same things” ~ Romans 2:1
As with several discussions I have had, that which you perceive about others is often a reflection of you.What do you think of Clementine’s refusal to be filmed and Natalie’s response to her refusal?
I am happy for Clementine speaking up and stating she doesn’t want to be filmed. Natalie doesn’t seem to like others not doing exactly what she wants. Her continuing to smile though, oh goodness, it’s like she can’t stop being so fake.Which moment in Part One do you think was the true catalyst for Natalie’s life?
I almost feel so much transpired in Part one, which could all have been a catalyst for Natalie and where she finds herself in part 2.In Part Two, much like Natalie, we are thrust into the past. What do you think of her comments that everything is the same but isn’t?
I am wondering if she has lost her mind, gone a bit insane and perceiving everything as if she were living in 1855. It is also creepy in a sense. Could she have designed her house in the future based on some echo from a previous life… -
1. I think she is very aware of the lifestyle and her wealth and that she is living a privileged life. She is confident in her believes and opinions, but she is also extremely arrogant and self centred.
2. I think she flaunts it to her viewers in subtle ways, in the way the she speaks, her expectations on certain things, even if she doesn’t openly brag about them. Sometimes it seems that she doesn’t even realise her wealth and privilege. And if she does, she acts like she is entitled to it.
3. 100% yes. I doubt that she would be able to sell her lifestyle the way the she is if it wasn’t for everyone behind the scenes.
4. It is very revealing in her personality. She clearly sees both groups of people as dependent on her. However the children is dependent on her for different reasons than her followers.
5. We see a better, more clear image of who Natalie really is when we are in her head. In the interview. In the interview she is a more polished version that speaks to her online personality. She doesn’t share her real thoughts or feelings in the interview.
6. She see the staff for just that – staff. The role that they play on the farm and not really as human beings. So by calling Shannon “Producer Shannon”, that is all that she is. A part of Natalie’s brand and a producer and not really an individual person.
7. It made me sad and uncomfortable. She made it sound as if girls are easy to manipulate into the person you want them to be instead of the person they want to be. That they are soft and impressionable, not able to think for themselves.
8. It is contradictory to the homestead lifestyle that she is trying to sell to her audience. Instead of what would make the items special, for instance if it was homemade, she has it mass produced in a different country.
9. She believes she is a woman of principle, but always with the need to justify her actions and thoughts. She is definitely not consistent with the principles that she sets out for herself.
10. I felt that she was dismissive of Clementine. What she said to her daughter vs what narrative she had in her head was two different things. But I also do think that filming is so natural to her that she can’t think why would Clementine not want to be filmed. That this is a normal part of their lives.
11. After Shannon quit and her admitting her husband was cheating on her.
12. I think it is confusion looking at something or someone and knowing that this is yours, but also knowing that it is not the same. Through all of this where she knows everything is different, she still remained the same Natalie. Here is to hoping that she realises the life that she is trying to sell as perfect, isn’t nearly as perfect as what she makes it out to be. -
1. What does the first paragraph tell you about the main character?
It immediately gives me the impression that she thinks she’s better than anyone else.
2. What do you think of the subtle way Natalie flaunts her wealth?
It’s funny to an extent and actually made me think of someone I know who does that sort of thing.3. Do you think Natalie is only able to be perfect at life because she has an army of people behind her doing everything?
Definitely, but she doesn’t seem to give them any credit for it.
4. What do you think of Natalie placing her followers and children on the same level?
It’s surprising and sad at the same time.
5. Do you think that we get a closer look at Natalie during the interview questions, or do you think we see her duality more when we are in her head?
Yes, it’s almost contradictory but also reveals her true colours.
6. Natalie addresses her staff by their role at the farm and then by their names. Why do you think she does this?
Natalie doesn’t really see them as people, but rather a means to an end. They are there purely to serve her.7. Natalie reveals to us that she is grateful that she had a group of girls because they were easier to train than the boys. How did this make you feel when you read it?
As a Mom reading this… it’s quite an interesting take and can’t really understand how any Mom would have this view. Boys and girls are different, no doubt… but “train”?? I don’t get it.
8. When Natalie shares the products that she sells from the farm, what do you think of most of the items coming from other countries?
This happens on the internet everyday lol!9. Do you think Natalie is truly a woman of principles?
A very unique set of principles. Ha ha.10. What do you think of Clementine’s refusal to be filmed and Natalie’s response to her refusal?
As a Reviewsger Mom who does share content with my kids, I never force them to do anything they don’t want to do. Clementine has every right to refuse to be in content and Natalie should have respected her more in that moment.
11. Which moment in Part One do you think was the true catalyst for Natalie’s life?
I think it’s meeting Caleb and his inheritance.
12. In Part Two, much like Natalie, we are thrust into the past. What do you think of her comments that everything is the same but isn’t?
Everything resembles her current life – the farm, the husband, the kids etc – it’s just not as “perfect” as she perceives her current life to be.
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What does the first paragraph tell you about the main character? – That she is an obnoxious hypocrite and wants all the luxuries in life, but she doesn’t actually do much. She depends on everyone else to do everything for her.
What do you think of the subtle way Natalie flaunts her wealth? – I think it is a powerplay for everyone to see that they shouldn’t question her.
Do you think Natalie is only able to be perfect at life because she has an army of people behind her doing everything? – Yes off course. By the sounds of it she doesn’t really do much. She just jumps in at the end.
What do you think of Natalie placing her followers and children on the same level? – That she is a narcissist that only cares about herself and nobody else. She is more worried at how she is perceived that the wellbeing of her kids.
Do you think that we get a closer look at Natalie during the interview questions, or do you think we see her duality more when we are in her head? I want to say both because narratives give us an insight into her as a person.
Natalie addresses her staff by their role at the farm and then by their names. Why do you think she does this? – It is her way to establish control and her higher status than them. She clearly wants them to know that they are below her.
Natalie reveals to us that she is grateful that she had a group of girls because they were easier to train than the boys. How did this make you feel when you read it? – Frustrated because she had nannies from an early stage. So to me the nannies were the ones that trained them.
When Natalie shares the products that she sells from the farm, what do you think of most of the items coming from other countries? – I thought it was hilarious. She is holier art than thou, but she is lies.
Do you think Natalie is truly a woman of principles? – No, definitely not. She lies, she condemns her employees and passes judgement, but she is no better.
What do you think of Clementine’s refusal to be filmed and Natalie’s response to her refusal? – I think that Clementine might be a child still, but she knows her mom is not who she seems to be and the way that Natalie responds shows you that she doesn’t care about the wellbeing of her kids.
Which moment in Part One do you think was the true catalyst for Natalie’s life? – When she received that email from Shannon. She obviously knew her husband is sleeping around and that she clearly doesn’t care but when Shannon said in her email “she wasn’t a bad person.”
In Part Two, much like Natalie, we are thrust into the past. What do you think of her comments that everything is the same but isn’t? – This is so jarring. I am still a bit confused by it all. It feels like we are in the twilight zone.
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1. What does the first paragraph tell you about the main character?
* She’s a holier-than-thou perfectionist, or at least very deluded.
2. What do you think of the subtle way Natalie flaunts her wealth?
* I would say it’s practiced humble brags, and not all that subtle.
3. Do you think Natalie is only able to be perfect at life because she has an army of people behind her doing everything?
* It definitely helps. She can pick and choose the work she actually does, and has time to focus on her followers because of everyone behind the scenes.
4. What do you think of Natalie placing her followers and children on the same level?
* I get the impression so far that her children actually fall below her followers in terms of importance in her life. She loves them and thinks they’re sweet, but when she finds herself with two little faces looking at her and no nanny around she treats the moment as a rehearsal for when the cameras roll again.
5. Do you think that we get a closer look at Natalie during the interview questions, or do you think we see her duality more when we are in her head?
* I think the combination of what’s in her head and her rehearsed performance tells us a lot about her. What she thinks and wants to portray are not always in sync, which says a lot about what she actually cares about.
6. Natalie addresses her staff by their role at the farm and then by their names. Why do you think she does this?
* I think she doesn’t want to think of them as people with thoughts and feelings and lives outside of hers. They’re her workers, and their titles keep them at bay.
7. Natalie reveals to us that she is grateful that she had a group of girls because they were easier to train than the boys. How did this make you feel when you read it?
* I wondered if her life being so performative is a result of her own upbringing, and if she feels that girls must be trained to live “perfect” lives like she thinks hers is.
8. When Natalie shares the products that she sells from the farm, what do you think of most of the items coming from other countries?
* I certainly wouldn’t buy goods from an American farm that were actually made very far from (their) home. I was surprised she would admit to that. The pride with which she announced her products was humorous. And the price tags….no, thank you!
9. Do you think Natalie is truly a woman of principles?
* I think she truly believes that she is, but her principles have become warped somewhere along the way.
10. What do you think of Clementine’s refusal to be filmed and Natalie’s response to her refusal?
* It seemed like it was a long time coming. As Natalie admitted, she hadn’t really given her children an out or considered they might not want to be filmed. So, it would have taken her longer to actually speak up once she felt that way. Natalie’s shaking hand and quiet rage reminded me of Miranda Priestley saying “well don’t be ridiculous, everybody wants this”.
11. Which moment in Part One do you think was the true catalyst for Natalie’s life?
* I would say the resignation email. Things might have been coming apart for some time, but it felt like a thread being pulled loose in her carefully woven world.
12. In Part Two, much like Natalie, we are thrust into the past. What do you think of her comments that everything is the same but isn’t?
* I think the stripped bare nature of her new reality highlights just how comfortable her life really was, and it’s a huge shock to her.
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1. It immediately presents Natalie as someone who values control, achievement, and perfection above all else. It also suggests that she can be judgmental and lacks empathy, as she seems to believe that if something comes easily to her, it should be easy for everyone else. To Natalie, life isn’t something to be lived…it’s a series of tasks to complete.
2. Natalie doesn’t flaunt her wealth so much as she judges people because of it. Silently. Which somehow makes it even more uncomfortable. The subtlety makes it seem like she doesn’t even realise she’s doing it…or worse, that it’s completely normal for her.
3. Yes, her “perfection” is heavily supported by invisible labour. It raises the question of whether she is truly capable on her own or if she is simply the face of a machine of her own creation. Her life feels mechanical and, frankly, sad. If you have children, you’ll know that nothing is ever perfect, and that’s what makes it beautiful.
4. This blurring of boundaries is unsettling, as it suggests a merging of personal relationships with public performance. It reflects how deeply her identity is tied to her audience. So much so that her public persona and private life become intertwined, making her relationships feel transactional rather than emotional or grounded in care.
5. We get both, but her duality is more visible when we are in her head. The interviews feel like a performance, while her inner thoughts reveal the cracks and contradictions underneath. We see what she wants the world to believe, but inside her head the mask slips and we experience who she is at her core.
6. It suggests a power dynamic where roles come first and humanity comes second. Even when she uses their names, it feels like an added detail rather than a sign of genuine equality.
7. It feels uncomfortable and a bit outdated, as though she is reducing her children to traits and compliance rather than individuality. It highlights how she views control and obedience as positive qualities.
8. This creates a layer of irony, as the branding of the farm suggests authenticity and locality, while the products themselves point to global sourcing. It reinforces the idea of the perfect life rather than lived reality.
9. Natalie believes she is a woman of principle, but her inner thought processes suggest that those principles are flexible when they conflict with her goals. It feels more like curated morality than consistent values. She’s trained in what to say and what to do. This tension makes her feel self-justifying rather than consistently ethical.
10. Clementine’s refusal reads as an assertion of autonomy, while Natalie’s reaction exposes her need for control and narrative dominance. It highlights the friction between consent and curation. Is it motherly concern, or is one of her carefully arranged props acting up? Natalie’s response shows just how uncomfortable she is with anything she cannot control or shape into her narrative.
11. It feels like the moment she began prioritising image and influence over authenticity…the point where perception became more important than reality, or in Natalie’s case, the perfect online life.
12. At this point, I’m almost as confused as Natalie is. It’s nostalgia mixed with denial, and it’s deeply disorienting. Her family seems as though they’re already accustomed to her “episodes,” which raises even more questions. Ultimately, this may be the worst thing that could have happened to her: she has lost control of the narrative.
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1. Natalie comes across as very image-conscious and in control. Her life seems perfectly curated from the start.
2. It’s subtle but definitely there, and she presents luxury as if it’s completely normal.
3. Yes, I think her lifestyle only seems possible because she has a lot of help behind the scenes.
4. Oh I found it uncomfortable. It shows how blurred the lines between her online and real life have become and she doesn’t seem to think there is anything wrong with this.
5. We learn more about her from ‘in her head’. The interview shows the image she presents, while her thoughts show who she really is.
6. Natalie sees them as part of her system rather than as individuals first.
7. I really didn’t like that comment. It felt very controlling and reduced her daughters to something she could mould rather than individuals with their own personalities. It also made me question how much of her parenting is about her children versus maintaining the life she wants.
8. I thought it was ironic given the self-sufficient lifestyle she promotes.
9. I think Natalie believes she is, but her principles have yet to be tested.
10. I respected Clementine for setting a boundary. Natalie’s reaction highlighted her need for control and for everyone to ‘fit’ into this life of hers
11. The interview. It forces Natalie to explain and justify the life she’s built, and it feels like the beginning of her ideas and life being challenged, whether she realises it yet or not.
12. I liked this observation because it shows how different reality is from the romanticised version of the past. It shows how reality is far more complicated than nostalgia makes it seem.
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1.You get the impression that Natalie thinks she is better than everyone else.
2.If she was trying to be subtle she was doing a terrible job! Natalie tries to be somewhat relatable to the average person but throwing in comments about forgetting to mention certain privileges tells us that she doesn’t want to be subtle about being wealthy
3.Oh absolutely! she would never be able to do all that she does without the extra help especially with the number of children she has.
4.Quite ridiculous. It’s as if her children are not important to her at all and are just there to serve a purpose of her being a mother.
5.I think we see her duality more whenever we are in her head. Her interview answers seem very calculated.
6.Natalie doesn’t see them as people outside of their jobs so its as if she needs a reminder of what their actual names are by first addressing them by their role at the farm.
7.It makes you realise that Natalie doesn’t see her children as anything other than them being props in her fairy tale lifestyle. She has curated her life to be perfect so for her training girls are easier than boys and indirectly says that girls are more plyable and obidient than boys.
8.She’s scamming people as shes advertising the products as being produced from her farm. But again her entire life and persona is fake and one big lie.
9.Absolutely not. She may think that she is a women of principles but shes definitely not.
10.I love that Clementine stood up for herself! Natalies reaction tells us that she has never given her children the opportunity to decide for themselves whether they wanted to be present in her videos.
11.Probably when Shannon quit her job and we find out that her husband has been cheating on her with Shannon. Natalie doesn’t seem like the type to address things face on and would rather pretend as if everything is okay and perfect when its not. So for Shannon to quit and outright say she can’t deal with the weird dynamic, it throws Natalie off.
12.Its not as perfectly curated as what she likes it to be. Her farm, house, kids and husband are all there but they’re not as prim and proper as how she likes to be perceived.
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