“We wanted to create something you’d actually want to read on a Sunday morning with coffee,” says [fictional co-founder] Lucía Fernández. “Not something you’d skim while stressed on the subway.”
For the uninitiated, cosquillas means “tickles” in Spanish. And the name is not accidental. This digital magazine doesn’t scream headlines. It doesn’t chase breaking news. Instead, it runs a soft finger along the spine of culture, literature, art, and everyday absurdities, hoping to provoke a smile, a shiver, or a sudden, unexpected laugh. Founded in 2019 in Argentina—a country not exactly known for stability or calm— Cosquillas emerged as a quiet act of creative resilience. While larger media outlets were downsizing their culture sections, a small team of writers, illustrators, and editors decided to double down on the small, strange, and tender.
Here’s a short feature article on , written in an engaging, magazine-style format. Cosquillas: The Digital Tickle That Refuses to Go Unnoticed By [Author Name]
As their tagline says: “No somos necesarios. Somos necesarios.” (We are not necessary. We are necessary.)
In an age where digital content scrolls past our eyes at breakneck speed—doomscrolling, swiping, forgetting—one small, independent publication from Latin America has bet on the opposite: a slow, affectionate, and deeply curious tickle of the reader’s soul.
Its name? .
That’s the magic of Cosquillas . It doesn’t demand your attention. It earns it, one gentle tickle at a time. Revista Cosquillas publishes a new issue every two weeks (because good tickling takes time). You can subscribe for free at their website, or support them on Patreon for extras like printable coloring pages, audio versions whispered by the authors themselves, and the infamous “Tickle Tarot”—a deck of cards with absurd advice.
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