Comment | Some mothers is no different from a dozen other reality shows, where career-building people talk about their love lives on camera

In the new Some mothers-reality series has not been afraid of so-called stupid questions at least.

In the opening sequence, the narrator’s voice ponders: “But is social media just an illusion?”

I’m not a social scientist, but I can always take a look. Based on general life experience, I would be willing to lean towards the fact that the image of life built on social media platforms in pictures and videos, increasingly controlled by the desire to earn money, is not the whole truth of anyone’s everyday life.

The question is, of course, a rhetorical hook thrown at the viewer. It hints at access to peek behind the scenes: this is what life is like behind social media updates for real.

At the same time, the function of the question is to frame Some mothers right, part of the way family life has been portrayed in the media in recent years. An “honest talk” about parenting, with its joys and sorrows, has been called for.

This kind of openness, on the other hand, has received its biggest boost precisely from social media influencers, ordinary or well-known mothers and fathers who have opened up their everyday family life to their followers.

And now the unsuspecting viewer’s brain is in danger of being sprained. Some moms will therefore answer their own question and at the same time question the “honest talk” of social media about parenting by promising something even more real.

Quibble therefore. Over the years, we have been able to marvel at single mothers, different mothers, different kinds of mothers, teenage mothers and different kinds of teenage mothers – among other things. A sniffer like me gets excited: could you Some mothers really sheds light on how motherhood is built on social media? At least it would be a new approach among the realities of motherhood.

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All are well-known social media influencers.

Some mothers main characters, Vivian, Emilia, Miisa mixed Ella and Swish are all well-known social media influencers, professionals who have profiled themselves through motherhood and family themes. Motherhood is undeniably a central part of the identity of each main character, you can hear and see it.

However, it does not seem to be enough for the creators of the program. The fifteen-part series gets stuck into what it’s like to be a social media influencer who also happens to be a mutt.

The narrator’s voice emphasizes the point of view:

“They are admired, they are envied and they are criticized. They are social influencers and mothers.”

Family and children are, of course, often in the main characters’ speeches, but surprisingly a lot of it is about the traditional straining of human relationships and generally chewing over one’s own feelings and life choices in front of the camera.

Of course, all this is allowed and desirable for the children’s parents as well.

However, the question arises: how Some mothers is different from a dozen other reality series where young, career-making people talk about their love lives and feelings to a hand-held camera.

Then another one wakes up. What we need for Some mothers? We already have social media.

Basically, it seems to be about the same thing that the literature side has been struggling with lately. Social influencers have a ready-made group of followers and a brand that pave the way to becoming a writer or the main character of a reality series.

Audience potential weighs more than the uniqueness of the content.

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