Rose Byrne stares down the breaking point of motherhood

When something in culture becomes too monolithic to ignore, the logical next step is to parody it. The more an image proliferates in the world, the more nagging it is, and naturally, our brains twist these repetitive ideas into humor to blunt their obnoxiousness. Take one of my favorite recent examples: The wine mom, a 2010s and early-pandemic archetype born from the common idea that modern mothers were tasked with juggling so much that they seemed to have a glass of white wine hermetically sealed to their palms. The image is partially the result of social media platforms like Facebook encouraging users to post their everyday mundanities, such as winding down with a glass of wine at the end of the night. Soon, active Facebook users became their own market, and niche wine brands began skewi