Matrescence. You’ve probably never heard the word – and that’s precisely the problem.
Coined to describe the profound transformation from woman to mother, matrescence hasn’t yet earned a place in everyday vernacular the way ‘adolescence’ or ‘midlife’ have. Cultural campaigns have started challenging this invisibility, with social networking app, Peanut, declaring “IDGAF is in the dictionary, matrescence isn’t” in The New York Times – and in doing so, cracked open a long-overdue conversation
