The Cult of Momfluencers

Sounds Like A Cult

Studio71

Comedy, Education, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4 • 3.8K Ratings

🗓️ 31 January 2023

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

Motherhood is hard, lonely, and exhausting... except, apparently, if you're a momfluencer. Since the mid-2000s, a crop of seemingly perfect, all-knowing mommy goddesses in billowy tunics have emerged on social media—and we can't help but feel that their highly monetizable (often misinformation-ridden) internet presences basically exist to make other moms feel less than. This week, with the help of journalist and real-life mother Sara Petersen, author of the forthcoming book MOMFLUENCED, Isa and Amanda spill the (organic, non-toxic, totally baby-safe) tea about how famous internet moms have become their own kind of 21st Century cult leader.

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0:00.0	We talk about a lot of really fun subjects on this podcast, but I do think something we always do is kind of slip into a British accent when we feel uncomfortable.
0:07.3	That's so true, babes.
0:09.8	And that's what we're gonna do all week when we're in London town.
0:15.0	Dude, I am so fucking excited. We're doing our first ever London show on Friday, May 26th at 6.30pm, at the Lester Square Theatre in London.
0:26.4	It's going to be fucking lit.
0:28.2	Which by the way, why is Lester Square Theatre spelled like that? That was like like Heistr.
0:32.8	We are so excited for the stamp show.
0:36.3	We're gonna have games. We're gonna have audience participation.
0:39.4	And of course, we're gonna have our juicy analysis while diving into a much requested and never before discussed top secret cult.
0:48.5	You cannot hear this cult subject matter on any episode because it's what we do for our live show, so you really have to be there.
0:55.5	And then meet us after the show by some merch.
0:58.9	We're there to chat with you, babes.
1:00.5	Tickets are on sale now at SoundsLikeAkult.com and at the link in our IG bio.
1:06.3	Again, that's Friday, May 26th, 2023, aka this year.
1:10.4	At 6.30pm, we will see you there at Lester Square Theatre in London.
1:15.2	See you there, babes.
1:16.3	This episode is appropriately sponsored by Modern Fertility at home fertility testing.
1:21.4	Right now, Modern Fertility is offering our listeners $20 off the test when you go to modernfertility.com slash cult.
1:27.8	That means your test will cost $159, which is a fraction of what it would cost at a fertility clinic.
1:33.6	Yet $20 off your fertility test when you go to modernfertility.com slash cult.
1:38.5	Modernfertility.com slash cult.
1:42.2	The views expressed on this episode, as with all episodes of SoundsLikeAkult,
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