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Warm smiles, warm chai, warm hearts, and poetry in

Warm smiles, warm chai, warm hearts, and poetry in the chilly winter evenings.

Join us on Aug 12th for our next event in Fairfield (or join us online!)

Link in Bio

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#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
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Join us on the 12th for another incredible evening

Join us on the 12th for another incredible evening of Mother Tongue Poetry.

Cushions, Chai, Cakes, Community. What could be better?

Ticket Link in Bio - Book now!

Our organisation relies on our amazing volunteers.

Our organisation relies on our amazing volunteers. One of them is this human, Rory McDougall.

Rory is the magic fingers behind our hybrid system. Long time partner of our CEO, Fleassy Malay, Rory is one of our many support humans.

Our camera is currently a small but powerful web cam, and we have a pro mic positioned out of the way at the front of the stage. This keeps the space feeling intimate whilst also allowing for people to tune in from all over the world.

Join us on Aug 12th for our next event!

Ticket link in bio.

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
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Our Feature for this month is the incredible Shari

Our Feature for this month is the incredible Sharifa Tartoussi

"Sharfa is a poet and spoken artist based in Naarm (Melbourne). Their performance journey has seen them crowned the APS Victorian Champion, open for Sierra DeMulder as part of the MSWPF showcase and has seen them feature at several festivals and events around the country. Their written work has been published in several local and international literary magazines, including white ash and Cordite. In the arts organization space, they were involved in the co-founding and convening of GriffinSpeak, a spoken word event that preferentially champions the voices of BIPOC artists and is on the production team at Slamalamadingdong, Australia’s sole PSI certified slam. Their first chapbook, Colourblind, was released in 2018 and explored issues of their Muslim-Arab identity in a wessern context, they are currently working on releasing their second body of work Anthesis which focuses on themes of healing, growth and the ever-changing dynamic that is identity."

Ticket Link in our Insta Bio

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
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Community lasts. This awesome human is Zee. Zee wa

Community lasts.
This awesome human is Zee. Zee was a regular at Mother Tongue for many many years. They moved interstate before the pandemic and returned for a visit with a baby! They have now moved on to their new home but we LOVE LOVE LOVE with past regulars come back to say hello.

Our next event is Aug 12th. If you've not been in a while..how about you pop by and say hi?! It's still as gorgeous as it ever was.

Ticket link in our instagram bio

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
#onlineevent #hybridevents #phygital #phygitalevent

We are so proud to be a hybrid event. We love our

We are so proud to be a hybrid event. We love our community and know many of our community members have restricted access to live events right now for various reasons.

Whether its physical/energetic/emotional capacity, distance, parenting, health, or something else; we understand that just because you're not able to leave the house doesn't mean you should always miss out.

If lockdown taught us anything, it taught us that we can connect remotely.

So, we listened to the response from our 2 years of online events and have created a non-invasive hybrid system which allows audience to be in the room, and at home.

Our next event is August 12th. Join us!

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
#onlineevent #hybridevents #phygital #phygitalevent

Do you LOVE Mother Tongue? Have we impacted your l

Do you LOVE Mother Tongue? Have we impacted your life in any way?

We are currently applying for funding support and grants to continue our work and would LOVE for you to write us a letter of support.

It can state the impact you have felt from our events/organisation, why that impact was particularly potent for you personally or culturally, and why you are keen to see our work as an organisation continue.

If you are up for it, please send us a message <3

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TONIGHT! TONIGHT! Pre-booking in person tickets cl

TONIGHT! TONIGHT!
Pre-booking in person tickets closes at 3pm, but Tickets are still available on the door!

Digital Attendance tickets are open almost all night.

Come laugh, cry, listen, speak, eat, and cuddle (if you want) for another evening of incredible women's spoken word.

As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

You can attend in person at our venue in Fairfield or online from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

We love truth speaking. We love honesty and vulner

We love truth speaking. We love honesty and vulnerability.

What sets us aside as an event is our radical focus on not only platforming voices, but creating a space to really hear them. We know there are always more ways that we can encourage deep listening and we continue to strive for them.

Some techniques we have applied to encourage listening in our space:

Alcohol Free event - This not only makes our event accessible to people who (for what ever reason) are not wanting or able to be in spaces with alcohol...it also changes the whole vibe of the space. Instead we have spicy, warming drinks that encourage a lounge room snuggle vibes.

Silence: While a performer is on stage we, as an audience, stay silent. We sit, and listen. We drink in their words. During the breaks we socialise and chat.

Digital Access: We are aware that there are often reasons people cant attend in person. We now provide digital attendance which means people can witness and be involved from anywhere in the world.

Free Access: Our open mic performers can attend for free. This is in acknowledgement that everyone deserves a space to speak. We also offer sliding scale attendance digitally. You choose your ticket price from $0-$20!

We're always open to hearing of more ways we can enhance the experience of our event.

Our next one is this Friday!

As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

You can attend in person at our venue in Fairfield, Vic, Australia; or online from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

THIS FRIDAY!! Don't miss out. Our feature is inte

THIS FRIDAY!!
Don't miss out.

Our feature is interstate artist @Jacqui Malins Art

As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

You can attend in person at our venue in Fairfield or online from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

As a queer led organisation we do our very best to

As a queer led organisation we do our very best to honour all identities in our space. This is Fleassy Malay our founder, CEO, and host. Fleassy uses She/her and They/Them pronouns.

So, with that in mind, what do we mean by "an evening of women's spoken word"?

In the world of short hand text and promo it's often hard to get nuance across. Our space is open to all gender identities to attend. Our stage is for all people who's personal gender spectrum is inclusive of the identity "Woman".

This means all women and all gender diverse/fluid people who also identify with "Woman" as part of their identity are welcome on our stage.

Identity is complex, gender is a journey, and we know the only person who knows where you are on your journey is you. 💗

Our next event is this coming Friday
As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

You can attend in person at our venue in Fairfield or online from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

Photo by the awesome Brendan Bonsack

Bring your buddies, your lover/s, your pals, your

Bring your buddies, your lover/s, your pals, your sweeties!
Snuggle in for another incredible evening of Women's spoken word.

Friday 8th July! Naarm (Fairfield, Vic), or ONLINE from where ever you are.

As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

Mother Tongue - letting you in on truths for 9 and

Mother Tongue - letting you in on truths for 9 and a half years!

We LOVED this awesome open mic performance last month. We were all left giggling and gooey.

Our next event in this coming Friday!

As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), a feature performer, home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

You can attend in person at our venue in Fairfield or online from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

Check out this babe! Tanya George was our feature

Check out this babe! Tanya George was our feature last month and she literally blew us away with her incredible voice.
This months feature artist is Jacqui Malins Art

As always we have 8 open mic spots (sign up on the door), home made, vegan, chai and cakes, as well as good old fashioned chill vibes.

You can attend in person at our venue in Fairfield or online from ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. Book your tickets now!
https://linktr.ee/MotherTonguePoetry

Ticket link is also in our Insta Bio!

Photo by the amazing @brendanbeebee

Book your tickets now! Next friday the incredible

Book your tickets now!
Next friday the incredible interstate artist, @jacquiamalins will be joining us as a feature artist.

You can attend in person in Fairfield
OR
Online from where ever your internet is!

Ticket link in our bio!

go go go!

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
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TICKETS ON THE DOOR! Our pre-booking for in-perso

TICKETS ON THE DOOR!

Our pre-booking for in-person tickets has now closed BUT DON'T FEAR we still have tickets on the door!

Bio Link 👈 For all the details ❤️

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
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TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TANYA FRIGGIN GEORGE i

TONIGHT! TONIGHT! TONIGHT!

TANYA FRIGGIN GEORGE is back on our stage! @tanyageorgemusic

It is always such an incredible honour to have this woman in our space, her voice, her power, her talent. All of it.

Please don't miss this!

If you can't make it to Fairfield we are a Hybrid event for audience attendance and you can now ABSOLUTELY attend from anywhere in the world! 🌏

See out Bio link for details, tickets, etc etc. <3 <3

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
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THIS FRIDAY! Are you coming? Our feature for this

THIS FRIDAY!
Are you coming?
Our feature for this month is FIRE... she burns, she transforms, she lights, she destroys.

Tickets in bio - Online AND In Person!

Tanya George was born in Melbourne’s ever-evolving arts and entertainment hub. It shows through her evolutionary electro, soul-pop that takes the genre to innovative new heights. Whether performing solo a cappella with a vocal looper or surrounded by her dedicated band, she’s astounded countless audiences with her 4.5 octave vocal range.
As a regular on the Australian festival circuit, Tanya has performed on a diverse range of stages and also won numerous awards including the Queenscliff Music Festival busking competition and the Alex Legg Memorial Foundation Award for her looping EP Normality. She was also a finalist on Rita Ora’s team on The Voice 2021.
After releasing 2 EP’s, single releases hitting the radio and album on the way, Tanya has cemented her place as one of Australia’s most exciting rising acts.

photographer = mollyruthmedia

At our venue in Fairfield. <3

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#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents
#darabincouncil #artinmelbourne #fairfield

June is a month where big corporations and brands

June is a month where big corporations and brands add rainbows to their logos. This is all too often, sadly, nothing more than a publicity stunt and many of these companies do little else to support LGBTQI+ people throughout the rest of the year.

Mother Tongue is proud to be queer all year.

Not only do we feature some INCREDIBLE LGBTQI+ voices on our stages but we are hosted and founded by a queer person, many of our volunteers are LGBTQI+, and the majority of our governing board identifies as LGBTQI+.

Our monthly raffles regularly donate funds to LGBTQI+ and women's organisations.

We proudly stand by the fact that all women are women and all women's voices belong on our stage.

We truly are a queer led organisation.

So this pride month, we want to give out a huge loving cyber-hug to all our LGBTQI+ siblings, artists, audience members and community.

Your voice is not only wanted, it's needed in this world.

Keep speaking, keep shining, keep being your gloriously queer selves. 💗💗💗

Big love
Mother Tongue

#pridemonth #queer #queerorganisations #lgbtqia #lgbtqi #lgbt #queerevents #womensvoices #spokenword #queermelbourne #Melbourneevents

We are BACK with the PHENOMENAL @tanyageorgemusic

We are BACK with the PHENOMENAL @tanyageorgemusic

Every time this incredible woman hits our stage we are BLOWN AWAY by her skill, heart, and power.

Attend in-person or online (Yup! From ANYWHERE in Australia or the World!)

Book your tickets early because this event should NOT be missed!

#MotherTongue #womenspeak

#MotherTonguepoetry #spokenword #poetry #womenpoets #womensvoices #womensempowerment
#openmic #stories #storytelling #yourvoicematters #lgbt #lgbtq #queervoices #onlineevent #whatson #melboune #specialvibes #slidingscalepayment #Melbournepoetry #whatsonmebourne #melbourneevents

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