{"id":1586,"date":"2012-11-27T10:39:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T17:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebulous-oyster.flywheelsites.com\/blog\/?p=1586"},"modified":"2021-06-08T21:51:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-09T04:51:05","slug":"brain-child-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jennifermargulis.net\/brain-child-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Child is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lately it&#8217;s been seeming like every other day a magazine goes under. Or goes to internet-only. Which, since I prefer to read hard copy and have never once clicked on an on-line ad, feels like essentially the same thing.<\/p>\n<p>In mid October 2012 it was <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/articles\/2012\/10\/18\/a-turn-of-the-page-for-newsweek.html\">Newsweek<\/a><\/em>, which announced that after 80 years in print it would be converting to a digital-only platform in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Before that <em>Brain, Child: The Magazine for Thinking Mothers<\/em>, which was started in 1999 by two new moms and over the years has become known as the <em>New Yorker<\/em> for parents, <a href=\"http:\/\/slowfamilyliving.com\/2012\/06\/is-this-goodbye-to-brain-child\/\">announced<\/a> the August issue would be its last.<\/p>\n<p>I wrote a long feature for them on synthetic estrogen years ago, &#8220;Hormonally Charged.&#8221; I have a lifetime subscription gifted to me by a client, and was so saddened to see <em>Brain, Child<\/em> go.<\/p>\n<p>In swooped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brainchildmag.com\/marcelle-soviero\/\">Marcelle Soviero<\/a>, a writer and a mother of five. Wielding a mighty pen (keyboard?), Marcelle bought the magazine and has just put out the first issue of the new <em>Brain, Child<\/em>. [Trumpets sound.]<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10664\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jennifermargulis.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Marcelle-Soviero-Brain-Child.jpg\" alt=\"Marcelle Soviero, a writer and mother of five, was the editor in chief of Brain, Child magazine.\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jennifermargulis.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Marcelle-Soviero-Brain-Child.jpg 682w, https:\/\/jennifermargulis.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/Marcelle-Soviero-Brain-Child-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" \/>Not only does Marcelle wear the coolest glasses ever, she is also a writer whose <a href=\"http:\/\/www.literarymama.com\/creativenonfiction\/archives\/2011\/02\/the-garden-party.html\">prose is so raw and real and honest<\/a> that it will break your heart in five different places. I had the privilege of contributing an opinion piece to this first issue of the new iteration of the magazine.<\/p>\n<p>I used to be a contributing editor at <em>Mothering<\/em>. I miss that magazine (and the amazing writers, editors, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jennifermargulis.net\/just-the-facts-maam-a-professional-discusses-the-importance-of-fact-checking\/\">fact checkers<\/a> who were my colleagues) every day. Being on-line just isn&#8217;t the same.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you read magazines on-line? Do you pay for the privilege? Is the print magazine industry soon to become completely obsolete or is the reemergence of <em>Brain, Child<\/em> a sign that print is still alive?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lately it&#8217;s been seeming like every other day a magazine goes under. Or goes to internet-only. Which, since I prefer to read hard copy and have never once clicked on an on-line ad, feels like essentially the same thing. 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