Mothers Under the Influence

Mothers Under the Influence

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Is "cozy season" a cry for help?
We are burrowed deep within cozy season on social media.
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Letterboards: Why?
The birth, exploitation and death of an Instagram engagement tool
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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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.
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Dirtying the feed
Much like how refined men of the 80s read Playboy “for the articles,” I follow most momfluencers “for the interiors.”
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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What worries me about making a family into a brand
It has nothing to do with the kids' privacy
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Bump Hands
Thoughts on creating a meaningful enclosure around appropriate fatness, and on why posing for pictures sucks in general.
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Rootin' tootin' charcutin'
Charcuterie boards as fantasies or nightmares of abundance
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Nuke it from orbit
The nuclear family as Instagram's hermeneutic of home
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Are momfluencers getting more boring?
Maybe, but Bekah Martinez resists the trend.
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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We tell ourselves stories in order to live/laugh/love
Plus: A helpful lesson from Led Zeppelin
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Turning our attention to the audience
I'm developing a new project. Perhaps you'd like to help?
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Kathryn Jezer-Morton
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Personal Milestones or Commercial Enterprises?
When big moments are good for business
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