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As South Asian entertainers — from Lilly Singh to Poorna Jagannathan and Pinky Patel — pay homage to Brown moms, can they overhaul cultural stereotypes without reinforcing them?

The influencers of CougarTok may range in sexuality and gender, but what they share (and what, presumably, attracts their older-woman fanbase) is their ability to gaze intently into the camera and make the person on the other end squirm.

The Moms are hanging out with TikToker and Mom Pinky. She’s talking all about having teenagers, growing her TikTok, and much more. Pinky also gives them a wild poop story.

Before TikToker Pinky Patel posts another video, she has a big rule: "If I laugh out loud genuinely, then I'll post it. Otherwise, I don't post it at all."

"I don't keep drafts because I'm like if I didn't laugh today, I'm not going to laugh tomorrow," she says of her content. "It's not like a different state of mind."

And that seems to have helped her in her online career. Since joining the app in October 2020, Pinky's account has grown to a following of almost four million. Her content mostly consists of her in front of her camera talking to her "priends," donning a crown and a fresh coat of chapstick, to "pinky-splain" "stupid questions" you could easily Google.

This up-and-coming TikToker took the time to talk exclusively with Distractify about her TikTok career and what else she has in store for us.