Newsletters on Life

Get It Together is a weekly newsletter full of original essays, interviews, and commentary about music, art, and building a creative life. Written by a queer-feminist person and tailored for elder Millenials, cynical queers, and independent artists, Get It Together is first and foremost - honest. Lauren Denitzio shares their real thoughts, tells you about things that they love and asks the right questions to understand how other artists figure it all out. The variety of issues range from learning to stop worrying and thoughts on Anthony Bourdain to interviews with book authors and behind-the-stage action (Warriors fans wru?). Subscribe for a “little ranty, pretty queer” publication and get it together yourself. 

Writing worth reading. The Browser is a daily newsletter that hosts five recommended articles, a podcast, and a video. Every day Robert Cotrell goes through a thousand articles and recommends five things worthy of your attention. The Browser is focused on writing with a lasting value and prioritized on best rather than the latest. The editors always provide their own original description with an explanation of why they believe this is a good piece of writing and why it is worth reading. Subscribe so you can “always have something to read on the train and interesting things to say at dinner.”

figuring out how to be and raise ethical, joyful humans in beautiful, horrible times. The examined family is an honest, personal newsletter that encourages you to reflect on your life and to rethink and reassess what it means to live a good one. Courtney Martin reckons how the world has changed, shares the daily struggles of living in quarantine, and offers a Sunday Times Snapshot of “5 things worth noting from today’s New York Times”. The examined family is a mixture of essays, Q&As with activists from different fields and has an engaged community of like-minded, wise people.

An investigation of why we clap for people doing the least, and earnest recommendations of art, music, and writing you should applaud. Shelby writes a satyrical newsletter about why we clap for people giving the least effort. It all started out as an Instagram account full of drawings giving out the ‘awards for good boys’ where she depicted men wanting praise for being ‘good boys’ and later it morphed into a newsletter. In Please Clap Shelby analyses our online world, modern dating life, and internet dramas illustrating everything with her famous drawings. From what it means to be a sexist woman, to the death of wife guys, her whimsy essays are always complimented with an image of Clem (Shelby’s dog that co-signs every issue). Subscribe to Please Clap for funny, utterly honest writing, hand-picked internet links, and...pictures of Clem!

My Sweet Dumb Brain is a labour of love. My Sweet Dumb Brian is there when you need it, just like a good friend. It is full of compassion when you are struggling and it is there to clear any social stigmas you might catch yourself in. Katie writes the essay thoughtfully, sharing her personal problems, making them more 'normal' and letting us understand that we all face struggles but we are not alone in dealing with them. In these essays, she shares useful tips, ideas, and recommendations on how to keep yourself sane. It’s not a self-proclaimed mental health newsletter but more of a safe space for sharing experiences and ways of overcoming them. That’s why there is a great sense of community as the comment section is never empty - it’s full of appreciation. Subscribe to My Sweet Dumb brain to let your brain have a rest and let your emotions run free.  

Blackbird Spyplane is yr no. 1 source for “unbeatable recon” into style & culture Blackbird Spyplane is a cultural digest on all things COOL, it’s goofy, a bit ironic, and quite nerdy, but most of all - it’s undescribably cool. The essays are slang-full, nostalgia-heavy (think 2000’s internet vibes) pieces on culture, clothing, and the aesthetic that combines it all. They express their point-of-view through a well-fitting lingo of their own: “compulsive jawn-coppers” is how they describe themselves. It’s a brilliantly chaotic newsletter filled with celeb Q&A’s, giveaway, cool collabs, and their exclusive paid membership-only SpyMall. Subscribe to BBSP to get the freshest takes on our cultural zeitgeist and unapologetically edgy visuals.

recipes. stories. unsolicited advice. a newsletter is a publication on food and life’s nuances. Alison Roman shares original stories, best recipes, and recommendations for quarantine activities all through her personal lens. The author gives you food for thought as well - whether it’s drawing parallels between dill and herself, expressing emotions surrounding pasta carbonara, or considering whether capitalism inspired apple (over)picking - it’s always entertaining and very relatable. Subscribe for tasty recipes and stay for Alison Roman’s whimsical writing.   

A brief interval of relief delivered to your inbox every morning. The Daily Respite is a newsletter that aims to brighten up your day with a quick distraction and a reminder of joy. Clara Parkes will greet you every day of the year with a "Good Morning" and some “fuel for the journey.” The newsletter is saturated with ideas, short poems and great Twitter finds and hosts a weekly Get-Together for you to “check-in with fellow respiters”. Get inspired by dog’s best leaf jumps, learn how to crochet a miniature couch for your cat, or step into a Japanese forest and listen to an online performance from an orchestra - all this and much more in The Daily Respite.

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints. The Audacity is a weekly newsletter where the author Roxane Gay shares her thoughts, critiques, and frustrations revolving around current trends and our society. Along with other emerging writers, she writes The Audacity newsletter to help inspire people, remove stigmas, and have humane discussions about taboos. The author focuses especially on Women, social issues, and cultural norms to give readers some eye-opening perspectives and advice. Subscribe to The Audacity for weekly posts, or go paid and enjoy The Audacity Book Club, and special subscriber-only content "like the recipes I post on Instagram".

Evidence-based pregnancy and parenting. Put your assumptions away and learn how to make data-driven decisions when expecting and raising a child. The newsletter questions common pregnancy and parenting rules, by analyzing data from different research papers and studies. Emily Oster takes current events into account and writes about pregnancy risks in times of COVID and Wildfires, provides data on Schools and Day Care, and tangles other important parenting questions, by applying economics into everyday life.