Shawna the Mom on TikTok, motherhood and the appeal of authenticity
Shawna Lander is the actress behind “Shawna the Mom,” a series of one-woman skits on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
She's amassed millions of followers online, through clips are that are fictional, but touch on real world themes of motherhood and the ups-and-downs of family life.
"I was really hungry for any sort of media that would reflect back to me what it was I was going through, and I couldn't find it," Lander said.
The one-woman show has catapulted Lander to online celebrity, but Lander emphasizes she's not Shawna the Mom. Instead, she said, she's “every mom.&rdquo…
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