Mother Tongue #9

Mother Tongue #9 pushes boundaries with fearless voices exploring identity, motherhood, and self-perception. Featuring filmmaker Mary Bronstein's unflinching take on maternal realities, writer Alexa Wilding's defiant reflection on living with illness, and cover star Erykah Badu radiating creative potential, this issue refuses to play it safe. Discover provocative essays challenging millennial anxiety, Carmen Winant's intimate cross-country journey with her mother, and the magazine's first short fiction—a haunting ghost story by Yukti Narang. Rounded out with bold poetry, unexpected cultural critiques, and a revealing look at the McCartney myth, this issue shatters illusions and celebrates the messy, complicated truth beneath polished surfaces.

A bold biannual magazine exploring modern motherhood beyond parenting — through art, sex, politics, and culture. Mother Tongue is about the complex lives mothers actually live.