Mother Tongue | #7

Mother Tongue has been on my reading list for a mother f*cking minute. But seriously, it’s one of the few magazines (in my opinion) that have truly created a more modern alternative to the market, which in this case, parenthood magazines. Which let’s be honest, have always been for the mother anyway. 

While I myself am not a parent, I went to the same dentist as the rest of you, and among the National Geographic, you could always find: Parents, Parenting, Family Circle, etc. Some of these magazines have/had been around since the 30s, but when Mother Tongue launched in 2021 they gave us something fresh.

In lieu of the focus being on practical child rearing and household organization, Mother Tongue recenters on the experience of being a mother and how it impacts and is impacted by other facets of life. Mother isn’t an identity but a new descriptor one can explore. 

Whether you have kids, want kids, or couldn’t care less about them, Mother Tongue provides space for a voice not-so-often heard. It’s a perspective that’s helpful to understand, and with the editorial team’s smart direction–you’ll hardly notice it’s a parenthood magazine anyway.