[PREVIEW] The 'Mormon Wives' Are Back To Battle For The Soul Of MomTok

What is MomTok? A business? A friend group? A sisterhood? A vehicle for TV drama? A tool for dismantling the patriarchal forces undergirding the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? In season 2 of “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives,” the ladies of MomTok are back — and they have very different answers to that big question. For Demi and Whitney, MomTok is a buttoned-up business where cosplays friendship — or at least practices loyalty — which means that there’s no room for chaotic colleagues like Taylor Frankie Paul. For Taylor, Mayci, Mikayla, Layla, Jen and newcomer Miranda, it’s more of a group of friends who also happen to make very lucrative content together. For all of them, it’s a way to push back (in a limited and often personally convenient way) on the oppressive boundaries of their conservative upbringings. If season 1 of SLOMW was an Intro to MomTok course, season 2 throws us right into an advanced seminar, full of carefully performed rituals of femininity (a Mormon bake-off!) and compulsory fertility (pregnancy roulette!). The women are excavating past traumas, wading into Hulu crossover drama, and having incredibly meta conversations about the nature of being on reality television. In this podcast episode, we get into as much of the season’s drama as we can, including Taylor and Demi’s showdown, Zac’s attempts at redemption, and the final bombshell accusations that are thrown Jessi’s way. We also dig into some of the post-show drama. (Will MomTok survive this???)If you liked reading this, click the ❤️ button on this post so more people can discover it on Patreon!Give us feedback or suggest a topic for the pod • Subscribe • Request a free subscription