Alpha‑mum social gatekeeping: Amanda and the alpha collective enforce status norms and exclude those who don’t perform the correct social rituals — producing a public ritual of moral policing that punishes Julia and Liz.
Alpha‑mum social gatekeeping: Amanda and the alpha collective enforce status norms and exclude those who don’t perform the correct social rituals — producing a public ritual of moral policing that punishes Julia and Liz.
Events in This Arc
Julia eavesdrops on the alpha mums' choreographed childcare logistics, strategically nudges her kids into their orbit and adopts a casual, 'Margot-with-a-jug' pose to insert herself. When Amanda admits she needs …
Hungry and humiliated, Julia sneaks leftover spaghetti at Amanda's kitchen table only to be caught and publicly shamed. Amanda converts the moment into a corrective domestic ritual—offering to make Julia …
After Amanda coldly cancels Julia's childcare request and slams the door, humiliation turns into practical solidarity on the pavement. Julia admits she’s been cut off from the ‘alpha’ network; Kevin …