Why are we so mean to moms? (Yes, I’m talking to you.)

Hi, I'm Morgan, and I'm a mom. But before I was a mom, I was a real live human being who was allowed to have opinions and stuff without causing a big eyeroll from "the youth." Sounds crazy, right?

That's me and my kid. She doesn't believe that I became obsolete the moment she squeezed through my birth canal. She thinks I'm awesome.

Morgan Shanahan

A lot of us moms write and work online, and being women, we tend to get a pretty bad rap from time to time.

Sometimes we get lumped together under the super empowering, and not at all condescending, umbrella term "mommy blogger" because well...we write, and have kids, so obviously.

(Note that the illustration from WST was not intended as satire.)

Top: The Wall Street Journal, Bottom: The Atlantic

Earlier this week, like a lot of moms going about their interneting, I opened BuzzFeed to discover a quiz featuring a Tumblr-based #tagyourself meme identifying white suburban mom stereotypes. Maybe you saw it before it was updated.

Maybe it offended you. Maybe you laughed. Maybe you even tagged yourself. (For more on the #tagyourself meme, click HERE)

Jennifer Burg, Shannon Gurnee, Anonymous (with permission)

The odd thing about this particular viral meme was that I recognized some of the women in it. They weren't stock photo models, they were real moms, most of whom are active on social media.

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