An interesting piece appeared yesterday in the Wall Street Journal discussing the “Hot Mom.” A recent trend on social media. There has been a backlash against this especially from busy moms, working moms and those who are simply not interested in this social fad. So this sounds like most moms.

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“Long gone are the days of the stereotypically harried mom, the woman racing out the door with her children in tow, her shirt stained with tomato sauce, her clothes woefully out of style. That was the vision of motherhood we grew up with in the ’80s and ’90s—put the word “mom” in front of anything (clothing, haircut, dancing, underwear), and it was immediately rendered sexless, embarrassing and lame ………… Listen, I’m happy to do all the mom things that I signed up for, like feeding my children and attending their school functions and standing outside in the bitter cold at their travel soccer games. But why must I be held to the unattainable standards of looking like a supermodel while I do it? I’m 44 years old, for crying out loud ….“  “The Hot Mom.” Wall Street Journal (January 17, 2026),