Substacks recommended by Shannon Watts

Recommended by Shannon Watts

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist. Finally, a place to share my musings, poetry, lyrics, literature and songs, and connect with fellow artists and fans.

The Inevitable Substack

By Jennifer Weiner

The Inevitable Substack is a twice-monthly newsletter about the art and craft of writing. We'll be doing close readings of fiction and nonfiction by me and by others...and hopefully, some of yours as well!

HOW TO SHOW UP with Samara Bay

By Samara // HOW TO SHOW UP

💥 Public speaking for the soul. Get love notes and monthly community on Zoom to show up/show out with your humanity intact. Guidance & fire from the author of #1 bestseller PERMISSION TO SPEAK. A Substack Featured Publication 2024.

Samara is a brilliant, compassionate and masterful storyteller and cheerleader who's helping women find and/or reclaim their power in all facets of their lives.

- Shannon Watts

Samantha Bee

By Plan Bee

Plan Bee is my weekly newsletter and source for all hard-hitting insights on women's health, pop culture distractions, recipes, and blazers, of course.

Senior Bitches

By Mary Jo Eustace

Aging well is the most radical thing we can do as women. Join our Global Community. What's your number?

Hey Pop

By Dan Stone

About the intersection of family life, work, and creativity. Hey Pop includes a podcast and written posts by me and a wonderful cast of contributors.

Human Feelings

By Sarah Hartley

A weekly newsletter sharing all those vulnerable, gross feelings we all have but never want to admit to.

Letters From Love with Elizabeth Gilbert

This is heart work

Pulling the Thread with Elise Loehnen

I read a lot and share what I learn. Spiritual seeker. Pulling apart the stories we tell about who we are so we can re-write a truer version. Podcast host and author of the New York Times bestseller ON OUR BEST BEHAVIOR.

Real Self-Care

By Pooja Lakshmin MD

A newsletter from psychiatrist Dr. Pooja Lakshmin MD

Dr. Pooja Lakshmin brings clarity and truthfulness to the pursuit of mental health. If you are looking to find yourself amidst the chaos and the noise, look no further than Pooja.

- Shannon Watts

Quiana Says It With Her Chest

By Quiana Agbai

Observing the intersection of parenting, social issues and enterprise.

Emily in Your Phone

By Emily Amick

I went from Senate counsel to Instagram’s political hype woman. I'm a democracy stan, cancer survivor and mother of dragons (dog Poppy and cat Weasel). I buy my own lumber and build my own cabinets while trying to save democracy.

All of my friends and I read Emily in Your Phone everywhere she appears in our phone -- from Substack to Instagram to Twitter getting done in government. If hope is a discipline, reading Emily's updates on good stuff getting done in government should become a habit.

- Shannon Watts

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Mad Woman

By Amanda Montei

Essays and conversations on books, culture, craft, language, and all sorts of madness. With a feminist writing group for founding subscribers.

News Not Noise

By Jessica Yellin

Separating the news from the noise. We give you information, not a panic attack.

Jessica Yellin is a visionary who understands how to explain the news in a way that's understandable and actionable. She has found the way to share news in the new digital world: real facts and real experts in real time.

- Shannon Watts

Men Yell at Me

By lyz

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.