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SubstackWeekly · last post 14 days ago

personal essays on love, ambition, identity, and becoming for the in-betweeners who thought they’d have it figured out by now.

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 12 days ago

From recent posts: Fran Magazine publishes a rotating mix of cultural essays, personal travel diaries, and curated media reviews from writers like Nicholas Russell and Weston Leo Richey. The publication targets an audience interested in…

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 19 days ago

Stories about the emotions of running

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 20 days ago

Some dispatches about writing

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SubstackWeekly · last post 4 days ago

Armed with chunks of memoir and wry humour, let an award-winning writer persuade you we are not doomed. A Substack Bestseller.

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Substacklast post Jul 19, 2026

I thought I had it under control. I thought I knew what I was doing. I thought that leaving a relationship meant it was over. 17 years later, I realised that Jay was still controlling me, disabling me. Now, I take my…

Likely audience: readers interested in mental health and anxiety

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