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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 56 days ago

finding girlhood at the back of a don aldrin bus

Likely audience: Expats and overseas workers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 19 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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Substacklast post Jul 27, 2026

caricias feroces para jugar el futuro 🍬

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago

I'm a psychotherapist helping women stop overfunctioning and accepting other people's bullshit, in life and in the bedroom. Whether you're 48 or 78, we'll figure out what you want and go build it. There's no expiration…

Likely audience: therapy clients

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 10 days ago

From recent posts: Stems from Home publishes personal essays and reflections on faith, motherhood, and family dynamics, blending topics like infertility journeys, consumerism, and fitness routines within a Christian context.

Likely audience: Christian women

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SubstackWeekly · last post 10 days ago

From recent posts: The Slow Way publishes Christian spirituality, virtue ethics, and spiritual practice essays, including book reviews on Advent and reflections on caregiving and hospitality. The publication features a mix of original…

Likely audience: Christian readers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 14 days ago

From recent posts: American Woman publishes reflective essays and personal narratives on feminism, gender expectations, and women's autonomy. It is written for readers interested in cultural critique and the social pressures shaping…

Likely audience: feminist readers

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 33 days ago

From recent posts: 米坛埋骨 publishes a ten-year personal series of first-person essays about leaving China for New York, covering emigration, graduate study in social innovation design, feminist street activism, and the 2016 U.S. election…

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Sep 12, 2026

Always thinking, sometimes wondering, almost always writing.

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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Substacklast post Jun 3, 2026

Barry Lee's mostly monthly newsletter where they share their art, things that inspire them, and what's happening in their life.

Likely audience: readers interested in disability and care

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SubstackWeekly · last post 9 days ago

Likely audience: Literary enthusiasts

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 18 days ago

trying to make sense of life through words

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackEvery two weeks · last post 13 days ago

24. hollywood-based journalist. leo sun. entp. corny in a hot way.

Likely audience: readers of personal essays and memoir

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Aug 22, 2026

ensaios escritos em movimento

Likely audience: readers interested in personal essays and cultural reflection

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 15 days ago

Hope for conciliation in a world of hostility.

Likely audience: Christians seeking spiritual reflection

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 11 days ago

Likely audience: Christian readers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post Sep 9, 2026

alexandra coburn. like if hunter s. thompson were a girl. subscribe for personal essays/media criticism/adulations for inquiries: alexandraccoburn@gmail.com

Likely audience: writers and authors

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 43 days ago

Gardening as a subversive act. In service of reparative relationships.

Likely audience: writers

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 51 days ago

Likely audience: readers of personal essays

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SubstackMonthly or less · last post 31 days ago

From recent posts: Beth Ann Fennelly publishes personal essays on memoir, fashion, book publishing, and quilt art, often tied to her own writing career and Southern life. The newsletter is for readers interested in literary culture…

Likely audience: newsletter subscribers

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Substacklast post Aug 10, 2026

From recent posts: Mike Pennington publishes Christian spiritual reflections on suffering, recovery, contemplation, and prayer, drawing on personal experience and scripture. The newsletter is for readers seeking faith-based spiritual…

Likely audience: Christian readers

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