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Modern life and the forces that shape it. Gender, feminism, masculinity, mental health, psychology, culture, motherhood, anxiety, fear, self-loathing... that kind of thing.

honest advice about making a career as an author today

A magazine about watching television.

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Labor, politics, and power.

Better living through pop culture. A newsletter from NYT bestselling author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong.

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A newsletter from psychiatrist Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD

A personal journey of learning, growing, and defining success as an immigrant in America.

What you think about when you don't have to think about anything else

New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers offers fresh thinking about how we can make big changes in our lives, communities and country.

Home of The Unspeakeasy Podcast and The Unspeakeasy Live, a weekly livestream on Thursday at 3 pm ET featuring nuanced AF conversations with guests, friends and audience members. Plus new writing and updates from Meghan Daum.

Centering the Black scholarship that is the foundation of the rest movement.

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Media and political analysis from Adam Johnson (with contributions from Sarah Lazare)

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News and analysis about the book publishing industry that you won't read anywhere else.

Cultural Pith, Terrible Secrets and Quality Rants. Two fresh original pieces and two obscure throwback articles a month, with audio performances and oil paintings for all.

Notes on economics and more

essays, art, and inspiration from an American writer in Paris

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A newsletter on sex, pop culture, and feminism.

A critical review of the beauty industry prioritizing people, not products.

A newsletter about money for misfits. From the author of YOU DON’T NEED A BUDGET.

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive 1-2 weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

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Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path.

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