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Mothers Under the Influence
gently, persistently scratching the enamel of the momfluencer industry
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Are momfluencers getting more boring?
Maybe, but Bekah Martinez resists the trend.
Bump Hands
Thoughts on creating a meaningful enclosure around appropriate fatness, and on why posing for pictures sucks in general.
Dirtying the feed
Much like how refined men of the 80s read Playboy “for the articles,” I follow most momfluencers “for the interiors.”
We tell ourselves stories in order to live/laugh/love
Plus: A helpful lesson from Led Zeppelin
Nuke it from orbit
The nuclear family as Instagram's hermeneutic of home
The Poetics of Rudy Jude
Tony's wearing a gold chain in the wood-fired hot tub, and the time has come to discuss what's going on here.
Rootin' tootin' charcutin'
Charcuterie boards as fantasies or nightmares of abundance
What worries me about making a family into a brand
It has nothing to do with the kids' privacy