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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 36 days ago

From recent posts: Lo que no digo en voz alta publishes personal essays on gender-based violence, self-compassion, and career anxiety for an audience seeking reflective life philosophy. The publication mixes cultural commentary with…

Likely audience: Readers interested in personal development

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 10 days ago

come for the cat. stay for the toxoplasmosis.

Likely audience: conservative commentators

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Sep 7, 2026

Likely audience: Social commentators

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 29 days ago

From recent posts: Bimbo University: Extra Credit 🎀 publishes long-form essays on feminist history, LGBTQ+ activism, labor law, and modern dating psychology. The publication targets readers interested in social justice, gender studies…

Likely audience: progressive content creators

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 9 days ago

From recent posts: Charlie's Toolbox is a culture-focused newsletter that publishes personal essays and research-backed columns on friendship dynamics, singlism, and women's autonomy. Its content spans friendship-building frameworks, the…

Likely audience: Substack subscribers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 17 days ago

Provocative NEW Book, Psychology of Kink Revealed

Likely audience: Kink enthusiasts

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 18 days ago

A newsletter about love, conflict, and emotional honesty, told through stories that don’t pretend to be perfect. It's therapy, but it's not.

Likely audience: parents in interfaith relationships

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 22 days ago

From recent posts: The In Between publishes personal essays and critical commentary on modern feminism and relationship dynamics. Its recent issues examine the tension between intellectualizing romance and the messy reality of emotional…

Likely audience: feminist readers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 19 days ago

From recent posts: Family Stuff publishes a weekly round-up of social science research, policy analysis, and personal essays on family dynamics, demography, and education. The content spans diverse formats including data-driven studies on…

Likely audience: parents

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 23 days ago

Exploring how Historical narratives influence our understanding of the World today. Medieval, Early Modern, Modern

Likely audience: history enthusiasts

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 10 days ago

For recovering feminists who are ready to trust in God, get emotionally fit, commit, meet their future husbands, and reclaim creativity, motherhood and family. Complementarity of masculine and feminine energies, common…

Likely audience: Women seeking marriage or commitment

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 8 days ago

From recent posts: Lovesplaining publishes essays analyzing modern dating dynamics, relationship psychology, and gender roles through the lens of women's experiences. The publication targets women seeking advice on navigating trust…

Likely audience: relationship coaches

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 7 days ago

From recent posts: Beautiful Heresy publishes first-person narrative essays that examine masculinity, desire, and intimacy through personal reckonings with pornography, rural sex education, hunting, and emotional vulnerability. The…

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 15 days ago

towards Old-New Mastery of the Creative Path

Likely audience: Poets and writers

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SubstackSeveral times a week · last post 5 days ago

Micro-stories, modern fables, and quiet observations from a loud world. Blowing soap bubbles into the face of everyday absurdity. New story every week.

Likely audience: readers of literary micro-fiction

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SubstackWeekly · last post 2 days ago

Essays on beliefs that cause harm and enable abuse, and on the ways American Evangelicals ignore their own teachings to align with political or social power. “You can only come to the morning through the shadows.” ―…

Likely audience: Married women

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 12 days ago

Enter the journal for slow reflections on the little things, moments, memories, and lessons that quietly stay with us.

Likely audience: women

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SubstackWeekly · last post 5 days ago

From recent posts: Karen Brody's newsletter publishes relationship counseling articles and coaching insights focused on marital dynamics, intimacy, and gender roles. The content primarily addresses women and men navigating long-term…

Likely audience: Married couples

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 26 days ago

Irreverent Explorations of my life post-divorce as a Purity Culture Trad Wife Reject with a high drive for curiosity, love, and making it on my own.

Likely audience: Women exploring sexuality and autonomy

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 22 days ago

Mirror Milk & Honey: Identity, Culture, and Self-Reclamation.

Likely audience: women interested in self-identity

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 45 days ago

iconoclastic philosophy, men's issues, social & cultural criticism, revisionist history goodreads profile: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/19510885.Justin_Barger

Likely audience: political commentators

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 48 days ago

Essays on motherhood, midlife, and public policy with an eye towards shaking up the status quo.

Likely audience: working mothers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 48 days ago

Untangling questions of identity, reinvention, and writing. (From the author of NOTHING SERIOUS, out from HarperCollins in Feb.)

Likely audience: Child-free professionals

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 21 days ago

Likely audience: paid newsletter subscribers

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