Mother Tongue is a magazine about motherhood, but not in the sense that it will give you tips on how to look after children. Rather, it’s about the different experiences of what it can mean to be a mother, a daughter, or granddaughter, and the challenges of combining those roles with other aspects of contemporary life.

 
In this issue:

• On the streets with the weed nuns of New York City
• Tampons and power in the American carceral system
• In the studio with Lucy Liu
• One woman’s experience of motherhood as both monstrous and miraculous
• And an American Iranian woman reflects on national identity and personal character