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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Haven't posted here yet but wanted to share a recent academic article I wrote for the International Journal of Bilingualism titled, "Multilingual Mothering: Shifting Emotional Connections to a Heritage Language After the Transition to Motherhood (Matrescence)" journals.sagepub.com/share/Z6QJTB...

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Come join us tonight at Birkbeck, University of London: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

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Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Raising #Multilingual Children: Expectations, Emotions, Strategies & Myths 🗣💬 There are still some tickets for @malwinagudowska.bsky.social's talk & interactive workshop at Boston Manor House in #London this Sunday June 7th, 10am www.ticketsource.com/boston-manor... #parenting #langsky

Raising Multilingual Children: Expectations, Emotions, Strategies and Myths
Boston Manor House
Brentford
Sunday 7 June 2026
10:00AM - 12:00PM

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It’s paperback release day for Mother Tongue Tied. The new edition has an updated cover & is perfectly portable for all your reading-on-the-go needs. I am very proud of this little book & am always honoured when someone picks it up. Thank you always for all of the support geni.us/MotherTongue...

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Mother Tongue Tied: On Language, Motherhood & Multilingualism

Pre-order now

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

You could for example put bilingual materials in spaces where immigrant mothers or fathers of young children gather in order to promote multilingualism. (It doesn't have to only be a mother's job to maintain a heritage/home language, a la @malwinagudowska.bsky.social)

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 19/11/2025

This is a really interesting article about a horrifying distortion of sign language happening in the UK, and which its creators are now trying to export to other countries and their sign languages Learn actual sign languages from Deaf people, not from hearing people making their own weird versions!

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

From this strange in-between time: How to navigate heritage languages over the holidays with family who only use the majority language. Also, more on the season finale of Pluribus & those poignant scenes between Carol, Manousos & the phone translation app malwinagudowska.substack.com/p/the-in-bet...

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The In Between

The holi-daze and heritage languages, the meanings in between & translation brilliance in the season finale of Pluribus

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Paperback news for Mother Tongue Tied! MTT is getting a refresh with a new colour combo for the paperback edition out February 26, 2026. Best of all, the PB is the perfect travel companion. Thank you @bonnierbooks.bsky.social & Footnote Press. Pre-order wherever you get your books.

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Can't stop thinking about The Genesis Exhibition: Do Ho Suh: Walk the House @tatemodern.bsky.social esp. in context of immigration, multilingualism & homes we create through language. When does a building become a home? What spaces do we carry with us? Where do space and memory begin and end?

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

This week on Motherlingual: Thoughts on the new AirPods & their real-time translation feature. Who really benefits? Plus, Bad Bunny, @slowhorsesappletv.bsky.social, Philly slang in #Task and getting detention for using (meaningless) slang. malwinagudowska.substack.com/p/found-in-e...

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Found in (Earbud) Translation

On the new real-time translation feature, Philly slang, Bad Bunny & language detention!

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 27/09/2025

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social? And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 23/08/2025

Claire's was once a place where tween girls went to be tween girls. Now it's in trouble, @elcush.bsky.social writes: theatln.tc/8D1ts6RS

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

I know it is August but if you are a planner and interested in hearing me speak about my book and about navigating multilingual parenthood, please save the morning of Sunday, January 25th, 2026! Details & tickets at the link below. I am looking forward to meeting you!

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

What goes around comes around, especially in journalism! This week, two stories in @nytimes.com caught my eye b/c I wrote about both topics nearly 20 years ago for Canadian mags @avenuemagazine.bsky.social & Swerve - @calgaryherald.com: One about Trisomy 18 & the other about the allure of smoking.

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Some thoughts on August, time, space, narratives, perception, connection and more, with a nod to the fascinating book "Gesture: A Slim Guide" by Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social of the wonderful @lingthusiasm.bsky.social over at Motherlingual. open.substack.com/pub/malwinag...

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The Shape of the Moment

On Leo season, spatio-temporal metaphors, gesture, perception & connection

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Post-holiday thoughts how travelling shapes & changes my family's multilingualism & my favourite British-English & American-English lost-in-translation moments from Lena Dunham's new series, Too Much over at Motherlingual on Substack. Plus, Churchillian fashion! open.substack.com/pub/malwinag...

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Have Language, Will Travel

Spanish! Catalan! Worrying about children's multilingualism (always) & a recap of language-related gems in Too Much & AJLT. Plus, Winston Churchill's rompers!

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

This week in the newsletter, Motherlingual: Jenny Saville at the National Portrait Gallery & Expressions of the Skin open.substack.com/pub/malwinag...

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Expressions of the Skin

On the language of the body, messages from the flesh & one year of Mother Tongue Tied!

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

Today is the one-year anniversary of my book, Mother Tongue Tied. Thank you a million times to everyone who sent me a photo, bought a copy, recommended it, reviewed it, read it, told me it meant something to you & supported me & my work. Paperback news coming very soon with something new!

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Nelson Flores @nelsonlflores.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

The difference is that the Jan. 6 rioters were mostly fascist white people fighting to illegally overturn a democratic presidential election and the LA protestors are mostly Black and Brown people fighting to protect their communities from this fascism

A picture of Pam Bondi with a headline that reads “Pam Bondi says LA protestors “very different” to Jan. 6 rioters Trump pardoned

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Meet your language where it is & a few more fun language-related things (SATC's NY) in today's newsletter. Plus, what I thought I would never say to my children about our multilingualism, but unfortunately recently did: malwinagudowska.substack.com/p/meet-your-...

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Meet Your Language Where It Is

On learning languages, (iconic) T-shirt logos & what I swore I would never say to my children and...did

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

"banality is responsible for so many of our collective actions, because institutions are always the path of least resistance. It’s simply easier to mold ourselves to social structures, in same way that it’s easier to go with the flow of the crowd instead of against it" @etymologynerd.bsky.social

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Here's a warm and friendly video that @malwinagudowska.bsky.social made before our event together in London the other week: malwinagudowska.substack.com/p/on-the-nar...

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On the Narratives of First & Last Words

Join me for an author event at Backstory in Balham, May 22 at 7 p.m.

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

On the language of peonies but also, so much more today in my Motherlingual newsletter: open.substack.com/pub/malwinag...

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The Language of Peonies

On a short season of flowers and perhaps, of everything

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Ceri Morgan @ceri-morgan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Such an important message, rooted in taking children seriously, treating them with respect and nurturing their interests. If we want children to become lifelong learners, this is surely the way to go?

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

I just wrote “parenting journey” in a paper & hate myself a little for it but for some reason, cannot find an alternative today.

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Back in London & I miss the morning soundscape of my Canadian hometown: lawnmowers!

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

I felt such relief after the Canadian elections. Now, I am hoping for the same in my other "homeland" come June 1st. There is just so much to lose otherwise. www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

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How Poland can keep its place at the heart of Europe

If it turns inward, the country and continent will lose out

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John Blenkinsopp @blenky64.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Thank you to Michael, Mel and @malwinagudowska.bsky.social for a thought provoking and at times emotional discussion last night in London. Dank u wel! and Dziękuję.

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Tomorrow I embark on a mini book tour in the UK. The first event is at Backstory, a bookshop in south London, where I'll be appearing with @malwinagudowska.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy. If you're in the area or know someone else who is, we begin at 7 pm!

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Also at a (western) Canadian airport: “it’s your choice”

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

“If you lost a bag of hockey pucks, it is now at the information desk.” - the most Canadian airport announcement ❤️

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Catching up on my favourite Substacks (inc. videos) and magazine articles by writers & content creators I admire. Only managed to get through two so far. The first one noted a "thick accent", the second "broken English" (in context of regular storytelling). Why oh why? So much work to be done!

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Gerald Roche @geraldroche.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The Endangered Languages Project (@e-l-p.bsky.social), in partnership with the First People's Cultural Council, recently released a guide for journalists who are writing about Indigenous and minority languages. It's great. Let me show you. fpcc.ca/resource/say...

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Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide - First Peoples Cultural Council

Say it with Respect: A Journalists' Guide to Reporting on Indigenous & Minoritized Languages by ELP and FPCC.

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

In my latest newsletter, I reflect on some themes from a recent bi/multilingualism conference, homeland mementos, heritage tattoos (!) K-pop soundtracks and the recent comments made by the British PM about English language requirements & integration: malwinagudowska.substack.com/p/languages-...

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Languages Do Not Take Up Space

But culture can. Also, K-pop & British PM Keir Starmer's “learn the language and integrate” rhetoric

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Dr Kathryn Mannix @drkathrynmannix.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Bluepals, this Writer Event promises to be illuminating, poignant & uplifting. I'm very sad I can't be there, but these gifted writers will make you glad you came. Thursday 22nd, Backstory Books, Balham High Road, 7pm. You can thank me later😊 @michaelerard.bsky.social @malwinagudowska.bsky.social

Poster for Author Event with photos of the three writers and their books.

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Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Next week I'm in the UK! 22 May, with @malwinagudowska.bsky.social and Mel McEvoy (see below). 23 May at University Hospitals Sussex, for a research talk 24 May at the End of Life Doula UK annual meeting The 22 May event is open to the public, so please come--it will be very special

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Tell me you’re in a linguistics classroom…

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Malwina Gudowska @malwinagudowska.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

London & nearby friends, very excited to be joining @michaelerard.bsky.social & Mel McEvoy to discuss the power of language at the beginning and end of our lives at #Backstory bookshop in Balham, May 22nd, 7 pm - save the date & please share

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

I like telling authoritarians where to shove it in multiple languages

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NALDIC @naldic.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

No time to read the #research around good #EAL practice? No problem! In the latest #NALDIC EAL Journal, we have summarised 12 research papers for you! Read it on pages 12-13! naldic.org.uk/publications...

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EAL Journal E-Issue 26 - NALDIC

Contents Member only content The remaining content on this page is available to members only…. Read more → Contents Member only content The remaining content on this page is available to members only....

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Dr. Hannah M. King @hmking-linguist.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Check out this new British Association for Applied Linguistics SIG fellow #linguists! 🗣💬 They have an interesting event coming up on 5 June! #teaching #langsky #children

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Sarah Shulist (she/her) @sarahling.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

This may be the most Canadian sentence ever written.

Video title from CBC news website: “Bodybreak’s Hal and Joanne share ‘elbows up’ inspired exercise”

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