#momfluencers

[mod2amaryllis]

having a vulnerable parent event has accelerated my werewolf transformation but instead of turning into a sexy big dick monster I'm becoming a weepy blob of farts wailing and begging for people to just be nice to their kids, be nice to your partner, be nice to your pets, just be nice, just be nice!!!!!

[spurgie-cousin]

that guy's video made me think, like has anyone really committed to a campaign of convincing evangelicals Trump is the antichrist? bc tbh it seems very easy

so many don't even know the Bible very well, (especially revelations of they read KJV bc that shit is confusing) and between the head injury thing and the fact that the antichrist is supposed to come from politics, i mean....it's a better fit than anyone they've tried to stick it to

i still have my Secret Lives of Mormon Wives costume idk y'all. i'm just brain storming..

[heedra]

the overlap between neopets naming and mormon baby naming is shockingly large

[baddingtonbitch]

man with 1000 kids waiting until the last episode to be like can you believe that he's also....a nazi???

yes. of course i can. i've been waiting for that shoe to drop since minute one like no shit who else would do that

[windslar]

[deanmarywinchester]

ive spent the last 24 hours in a haze of reading momfluenced and scrolling through the instagrams of all the momfluencers the book mentions and ohhhh my god I have to delete instagram and fling my phone in the river when I’m a parent. you know how being a communist with a weird gender lets you see through the matrix of social constructs sometimes? these ladies are patching the matrix back up with cute gingham as fast as I can tear it down

[annalisearabella]

The kiddo wants a Minecraft themed party which is totally fine but what's not fine are these fucking mom influencers trying to charge actual money for what amounts to 20 minutes of layering in Photoshop or whatever and a typo on top of that.

[hdmiports]

“‘vi 💜’ shared a new post: ‘my boys 💞’”

[fair-lead]

this is a really interesting article on waco texas, specifically about the history of the town & the ramifications of the magnolia brand's sudden boom

[marxistswiftieism]

who put Taylor in that 2005 Lindsay Lohan looking outfit and why did they not stop her

[odysseyofemily]

Finished Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influence Culture by Sara Petersen last night. To be honest, this book was VERY boring. It's exactly what you'd expect it would be – about how the momfluencers you see on Instagram are selling a fake story. They may seem perfect on the outside with their long billowy dress, perfectly-curled hair, clean countertops, and happy smiley children in all of their posts, but really all the majority of momfluencers are doing are perpetuating the unrealistic notion that mothers be perfect (and always happy and beautiful!) homemakers that work inside the home and that nothing is ever complicated or messy or hard. This book did point out an interesting idea that most of momfluencer culture just highlights those of privilege – white, straight, wealthy women. It doesn't take into account mom life in those with disabilities, those who aren't straight, those who are women of color, those who have to work multiple jobs and live in crappy housing, yada yada. And yet, even realizing this, it's still so easy to get sucked in to momfluencer culture and follow what they sell – not just the products that some are promoting, but the actual image and life they are seemingly living. It's so perfect, and sometimes it's just nice to escape the difficulties and nuances of one's own motherhood to embrace something that looks beautiful and easy, which the book discusses. So, there were certainly some relatable points made in this book, but honestly most of it was to be expected and there wasn't much insight beyond what most of us already probably know. All in all, it was pretty boring and I wouldn't necessarily recommend it. But if ya'll want an easy book, then here you go.

[sacrifical-lamb-core]

Rip tayrn u would have loved aesthetic tiktok

[grunge-mermaid]

I tried checking out the socials of that store I went to this afternoon and didn't make it through any tiktok or reel in its entirety because the Fundie Baby Voice was too much

[hungryhungryhypocritttte]

Unkind rant:

Social media is so weird these days. Watching all these 30+ moms lip sync and dance around and show off their outfits is fucking cringy.

We get it, you want attention. Very few people care about your outfit or your favorite song.

I’m not even talking about momfluencers, really. It’s people I know irl who are larping as influencers and have like 200 followers. Who are they kidding?

Don’t use your kids for attention, don’t pretend to be a teenager, don’t act like everyone wants to be you. We don’t.

Jfc scrolling through TikTok and insta on mute really highlights how stupid these people look.

[cletusthurstonbeauregard]

[deanmarywinchester]

does anyone want a free month of the partially-free substack Culture Study? I have a few to give away, I guess it’s a promotion. it can be kind of unserious about some topics (the landing page of it makes me cringe at the moment I wish she’d put better articles there) but the writer is always doing/platforming interesting work about community-building, centering friendship in your life, and making the world better for parents and young kids, which have been of interest to me lately. and her interviews of smart but not-famous writers are really fabulous. I like her interview style and that’s how I’ve found some great reading (here’s a couple I like recently)