Love Is Blind . The Bachelor . FBoy Island . Because it reminds us that being partnered is hard, but at least we aren't crying in a pod or finding out our date has a secret girlfriend named Amber.

Traditional media historically relied on narrow maternal scripts, which real-life content creators are now challenging.

Give us the trash. Give us the tropes. Give us the people making terrible decisions in expensive shoes while we wear sweatpants with a mystery stain on the left thigh.

NCIS . Law & Order: SVU . Chicago PD . Structure. The good guy catches the bad guy. There is a beginning, a middle, and an end. In a life where the laundry is infinite and the snacks are never finished, a 42-minute closed loop is a religious experience.

In recent years, there's been a significant shift in the way mothers are represented in entertainment content and popular media. Gone are the days of the perfect, Stepford-like mom, replaced by real, relatable, and often imperfect mothers who are taking center stage.