You
know
you’d
rather
be
mindlessly
scrolling
through
TikTok
instead
of
mindlessly
billing
hours.
Saturday
Night
Live
knows
it
too,
and
tackled
TikTok
and
its
many
influencers
in
its
latest
parody
sketch.
Women
lawyers
may
find
the
video
particularly
entertaining
at
around
the
2:53
mark,
when
a
tradwife
—
i.e.,
a
woman
who
believes
in
traditional
gender
roles
and
marriages
and
is
focused
on
subservient
homemaking
and
childrearing
—
makes
an
appearance.
Her
law
degree
from
an
apparent
past
life
makes
an
appearance
too,
but
not
necessarily
in
the
way
you’d
expect.
“As
a
22-year-old
mother
of
10,
I
like
to
do
everything
by
hand,”
the
tradwife
says.
“Today,
my
kids
wanted
to
color,
but
we
were
all
out
of
paper.
So
I
mashed
up
my
law
degree
to
make
more
paper
for
my
kids.”
Friends,
as
frustrating
as
it
can
sometimes
be
as
a
full-time
lawyer
and
a
full-time
mother,
please
don’t
mash
up
your
law
degrees.
It’s
much
easier
to
order
a
fresh
ream
of
coloring
paper
on
Amazon
—
not
to
mention
the
fact
that
you
don’t
even
need
a
rolling
pin
to
do
it.
Staci
Zaretsky is
a
senior
editor
at
Above
the
Law,
where
she’s
worked
since
2011.
She’d
love
to
hear
from
you,
so
please
feel
free
to
email
her
with
any
tips,
questions,
comments,
or
critiques.
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