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Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

All the best recipes, common sense cooking tips, and ways to fall back in love with food from 3x NY Times best-selling author Michelle Albanes Davis 🏳️‍🌈. For curious people who love to eat, cook, get in their feelings, and talk a lil sh*t.

A handbook for understanding Americans in the wild.

We’re here to reclaim the “women’s magazine.” Two veteran editors read it ALL to bring you everything we believe women’s media should be: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, hot goss, and the odd shopping tip—aka, the full Spread. Come hungry!

Unbiased insider coverage of the aesthetics industry

My personal Substack

A weird newsletter about all the midlife things: kids, parents, food, sex, holidays, rage, and sweating at night, by the author of Waiting for Birdy and We All Want Impossible Things.

The science of attraction, first impressions, and what your face says before you do

Essays and conversations about ambition, money, status, family, and modern womanhood.

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

Where the world’s best chefs really eat in their hometowns.

The story is not about what happened, it's about what the narrator makes of what happened.

Cultural criticism and lyrical essays from the last wilderness. Rewilding, resistance, and revolution.

A weekly newsletter with new sweet and savory recipes every week, where I talk about politics and culture (and bake) with people you know, plus a vault full of nearly 200 recipes. MY COOKBOOK: The Secret Life of Chocolate Chip Cookies (Page Street, 2025).

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

Reporting on the beauty industry, aging, and wellness BS through a Gen X lens

mom stuff & not quitting your dreams

This is my playground: rules rewritten daily.

Not really “about” salad. But salad is the force that through the green fuse drives the flower. Recipes, lots of them—and plenty else besides.

Evidence-based guidance for staying stronger, safer, and more independent after 60. Practical research on strength, balance, sleep, medications, and healthy aging, without supplement hype or affiliate conflicts.

I'm way past 40 but there's no way I'm giving up on me or my wardrobe.

Musings on beauty and aging, and the connections between body, image, and self.

A shopping and style blog by Andrea Linett, creative director, author, former Sassy and Harper's Bazaar editor, and co-founder of Lucky Magazine

Weekly guides & maps for terrific places to eat, stay & shop in Italy’s best known destinations.

I write about shopping, and whatever else seems interesting. For over-40 women and the over-40-curious, from me, Kim France, former Sassy staffer, Lucky Magazine founding editor in chief, and style columnist at The Strategist

Welcome to Anxiety Beer, a bi-monthly newsletter dedicated to the simple pleasure of catching up over a round of drinks at the bar & chatting about the messiness of life — mental health, career, family, love, & occasionally lipstick.

A sanctuary for midlife+ rebellion, for those choosing curiosity, compassion, and liberation over body shame and stigma about our changing bodies.

All the beauty stuff that's worth it—and not—from the former Editor in Chief of Allure.

Travel stories, practical guides, and photography from Japan and beyond, centered around a monthly letter from Japan, with additional posts and features for paid subscribers.

Weekly banter from my kitchen porch: food, wine, people, places, Maine, the Mediterranean, the whole wide world.

Nominated for Best American Essay and Pushcart Prize. Proudly niche since 2006 in posts of 2 minutes or less. A Substack Bestseller. Subscribe FREE as long as Substack allows. No cost. No risk. No obligation.

Recommendations for people who love travel, by people who love travel. We also make fathomaway.com.

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Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.

Blatant self-promotion for my novels because I never want to have a real job again. But, hey, it's only monthly and it's free.

Food, travel, & fun (not necessarily in that order)

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

How to be happy for the rest of your life

Politics for English majors.

All the best things in life (books, art, creativity, food, travel, postcards, and '90s romcoms). From the author of My Friend's Best Wedding (fiction debut out June 2027) and I Want to Thank You.

Food, books & stories from my Berlin kitchen

Practical evidence-based advice to take charge of your health

a critical eye on the science and psychology of beauty and aesthetics

A midlife mood salad tossed with essays, reflections, style, and real talk by the coeditor of Midlife Private Parts: Revealing Essays that Will Change the Way You Think About Age.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

10 things Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo are excited about—delivered on Mondays since 2012!

Never let them steal your joy!

A newsletter that's pro-Big-Life-Changes. Creating a new life after 50, after marriage, after kids, and after moving clear across the country. So sick of learning and growing I could barf. Making you think, laugh, and feel.