M. De La Croix is a Vancouver-based author whose memoir, Why Submissive Women Are Happier, challenges the one-size-fits-all narrative that independence always leads to happiness.
At 22, she was living in a trailer behind her parents' house, working restaurant shifts to pay off debt from backpacking across Asia until the money ran out. She'd tried college three times. Every version of independence she'd been told would make her happy just left her exhausted and broke.
Then she made a choice most women would reject: conscious submission to a man twenty years older. A decade later: successful business, actual happiness—everything independence promised but never delivered.
Her work explores power dynamics, mentorship, and the philosophical choice to submit—not out of weakness, but as a strategic path to growth. She challenges readers to question whether the narrative they've been sold about independence is actually serving them.
About the Book
"What if everything feminism told you about independence and happiness is wrong? After years of failed attempts at the life she was supposed to want, one woman chose conscious submission—and found the success and actual happiness that independence never delivered. A controversial memoir that challenges readers to question whether they're independent because it makes them happy, or because they've been told it's the only acceptable choice."
At 22, she was living in a converted trailer behind her parents' house, working restaurant shifts to pay off debt from her latest failed attempt at independence. She'd tried college three times. Backpacked across Asia until the money ran out. Chased every version of freedom she'd been told would make her happy.
None of it worked.
Then she made a choice most women would reject: conscious submission to a man twenty years her senior. Not blind obedience—strategic surrender to someone who had mastered what she wanted to learn.
A decade later: successful business, actual happiness—everything independence promised but never delivered.
Why Submissive Women Are Happier is the controversial memoir that asks: What if the narrative we've been sold—that independence always leads to happiness—is too simple to be true? And what if the women most furious at this choice are often the ones most miserable in theirs?
Book Positioning
For Journalists (Controversial Angle):
"For readers who found Lean In too corporate, Untamed too vague, Girl, Wash Your Face too superficial, and The Mountain Is You missing practical application."
Pull Quotes
"Most women would be happier if they submitted. I know how that sounds—and that fury is exactly what kept me miserable for years."
"The women most furious at my choice are often the ones most miserable in theirs."
"At 22, I was exhausted, anxious, and profoundly miserable despite following all the right advice."
"Real mastery doesn't need contracts, props, or permission. It simply is."
Story Angles for Media
The Controversy Angle
"The Book That Has Feminists Furious: Why One Woman Says Submission Made Her Happier Than Independence Ever Did"
The Choice Feminism Angle
"Is Choice Feminism Real? One Woman's Controversial Path to Happiness Challenges Everything We've Been Told"
The Generational Divide Angle
"Millennials Are Questioning Girlboss Feminism—And This Memoir Explains Why"
The Mental Health Angle
"The Exhaustion of Independence: Why Some Women Are Choosing Submission Over Burnout"
Interview Availability
M. De La Croix is available for:
Remote interviews (video, phone, email)
In-person interviews (Vancouver area)
Podcast appearances
Panel discussions
Speaking engagements
Review Copies
Review copies available upon request for legitimate media outlets, journalists, and established book reviewers.
To request a review copy, please email press@mdelacroix.com with:
