Substacks recommended by Jenny Forrester (she/her)

Recommended by Jenny Forrester (she/her)

terra roamer – word gatherer – sky scavenger – shape shifter

neurotic queer therapist blogging on SLAA recovery, pop culture, mental health & bits from my memoir. i'll be posting every other monday (ADHD permitting)!

Michelle’s Substack

By Michelle Cruz Gonzales

My personal Substack

Slightly Bent Out of Shape

By Alyssa Graybeal

Dark humor, slice-of-life comics, and the occasional rant about writing, publishing, and ableism from an editor & award-winning author.

I just love everything Alyssa Graybeal <3

- Jenny Forrester (she/her)

Ginevra Blake Substack

Little goodies of poetry, photos, memoir, flash non-fiction, musings and occasional artwork.

Hillary Leftwich's Substack Site

By HILLARY LEFTWICH

My personal Substack

Dr. Joy - Newsletter

By Dr. Joy Buolamwini

Queer Dharma: Kundalini Yoga Made Me Gay + Other Adventures

By Devananda Vargas

Queering my spirituality + exploring unconditional love + radical acceptance

Devananda has been so kind to me! <3

- Jenny Forrester (she/her)

Sunsets are the only given

By Carrot Quinn

I wrote Thru-Hiking Will Break Your Heart and The Sunset Route, plus eleven thousand miles of daily hiking blogs at carrotquinn.com. This is a weekly-ish newsletter where I yammer about my dogs, living in Alaska, and the various arguments of being alive.

MAGICAL OVERTHINKERS

By Amanda Montell

A newsletter about modern-day delusion: thought spirals, wild ambitions, cults, language, and more...

Invisible Women

By Caroline Criado Perez

Keeping up with the gender data gap (and whatever else takes my fancy).

writing truth

By Asha Dore

writing prompts and craft in your inbox, parallel prompts for writers with day jobs

The Shape of Water with Natascha Dea Burdeinei

The finer and messier parts of being human.

Natascha is a genealogy genius and so much MORE! <3

- Jenny Forrester (she/her)

The Glow / Christi's Weekly

By Christi Krug

Inspiration for Writing and Living

Window Shopping Life

By Julia Laxer

Delusions & Devotions of The Examined Hustle

"Delusions. & Devotion of The Examined Hustle"!!! I'm in. <3

- Jenny Forrester (she/her)

Robert Reich

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

The Kronski Vanity Project

By 𝗔𝗱𝗮𝗺 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴

The things I can talk about only when the cameras are not on and the lights are turned off.

Sherman Alexie

poems, short fiction, essays, opinion, audio, video

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Lit Mag News

By Becky Tuch

Latest News in Lit Mag Publishing

No Failure, Only Practice

By Matt Bell

Fiction writing exercises, craft essays, and reading recommendations from Matt Bell, author of APPLESEED and REFUSE TO BE DONE. Publishes monthly.

Susie Bright’s Journal

The woman Rolling Stone called “never boring,” Susie writes about politics, sex, rarities, food, movies, music, books. Free post on Tuesday, free Friday podcast. For paid subs: The Leisure Hours on Wednesday, and Sight/Sound/Ink on Thursdays.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

HEATED

By Emily Atkin

A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

Jenny Forrester’s Substack

Recommended by Jenny Forrester (she/her)