Surface Tension
Melina Gac Levin, Malwina Gudowska, SindyHow culture and power shape our parenting.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 35 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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A Brief Intermission
Normally, the first Tuesday is when I send out the month’s Surface Tension. This is where I lay out a theme, usually a cultural conflict, that we then break down further both on my instagram and in the Invisible Script email that follows a...
Everything I Learned About Power, I learned at Home
Earlier this month, I wrote that if we don’t address the power dynamics at play in multicultural families, we will inevitably replicate the systems of oppression we live within inside our own homes.
In last week’s At the Table interview, l...
At the Table with Malwina Gudowska
At the Table is a series that welcomes other voices into the newsletter. You’ll hear from parents with different stories and cultural backgrounds, reflecting honestly on culture and how it shows up in their families.
Come sit with us.
-M...
Parenting Across Cultures Requires Moral Clarity
This month’s has a bit of a different tone. To fight authoritarianism we must have moral clarity. My work is about raising children across cultures because I know all too well that unless we actively engage with the power dynamics at play...
You Can’t Avoid the Hard Stuff Forever
Polynesian Woman with Children, Paul Gaugin, 1901
After writing an earlier post about recognizing and rejecting inherited stories about inferiority, I got thinking about how often this shows up inside our closest relationships. (Stories ab...
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Founder of Pueblo, professor of Child & Family Development, consultant, and mamá of 2. Surface Tension is my bi-monthly newsletter of reflections on parenting and culture. First book coming in 2027
Motherlingual by Malwina Gudowska - On Language, Mothering & Multilingualism from the author of MOTHER TONGUE TIED (Footnote Press, 2024).
Born in Hong Kong, lived in Germany, now in the U.S. I write about life across cultures—parenting, marriage, personal growth, and the wisdom we gather along the way.
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