Substacks recommended by Alisa Kennedy Jones

Recommended by Alisa Kennedy Jones

AAA Best Skin Care Show

By Good Humor by CK Steefel

Don't let this happen to you. We test everything so you don't have to.

McSweeney's Internet Substackency

By McSweeney's Internet Tendency Substack

The substack of McSweeney's Internet Tendency, McSweeney's Publishing's humor & satire website.

Home of Truth

a weekly newsletter about the internet side of book publishing, by extremely online author Leigh Stein

A Fan's Notes, by Nick Hornby

Music, books, movies, work, football, TV and so on.

Unmapped Storylands with Elif Shafak

Stories, anecdotes, wise proverbs and foolish thoughts, literary musings, insights and conversations centred around my personal, unpublished notebooks

Her readings are pure magic.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Enfant Terrible

By Remy Bazerque

Spleens, sins, and dad-related exhaustings from an award-winning writer/director, currently avoiding work on a screenplay.

Writer Noise

By Cindy House

a newsletter by Cindy House

Practically Deliberate with Abby Davisson

Actionable insights on intentionality, decision-making, and personal development (like the ones in my book, Money & Love: An Intelligent Roadmap for Life's Biggest Decisions) that lead to greater wellbeing.

Dear Gail

By Gail Forrest

Got Problems? Humourous resolutions found here from a standup/author/humor writer .Find the funny in your question with my answer. Laugh baby it's not that serious after all

Lit*er*al*ly, Ororo

By Ororo Munroe

Words are my LURVE language. Writing MY truth every week. Lit*er*al*ly.

This woman is a F*CKING ray of sunshine, bitches, and I adore the blunt barbs she brings each week. She's reminding me how to be a better human, which is NOT easy as I'm sort of Larry David, but in a cuter format 😂

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

No F*cks Given® with Sarah Knight

Permission to live your best life and advice on how to do it, drawn from my bestselling series of sweary self-help books. Paid subscribers get a weekly dose of NFG realness direct to their inboxes. Boop.

I love this! It's like the Treasury Department of Fucks... and you're figuring out your own personal Fuckonomics :)

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Disability & Determination

By Jackie

Once upon a time there lived a disabled thirty-something trying to maneuver mental health, relationships, a global pandemic, getting older, and day-to-day life. This is her story...

Girlfriends’s Substack

By Flesché & Jessica

Jessica and Flesché met in their 20s an danced their butts off in the clubs of San Francisco. Today we are middle-aged BFFs, boy moms, wives, recovering good-girls, entrepreneurs, and now podcasters.

The Shift With Sam Baker

By sam baker

Women don't vanish after 40. Who knew?! Amplifying and celebrating the voices of women in midlife and beyond by the former editor of Red, Cosmopolitan (and Just 17!)

Auraist: picking the best-written books of the month

By Sean

Join 18k subscribers/followers for Sean McNulty's selections of the best-written books from US & UK prize shortlists & major reviews, & masterclasses by their (sometimes world-renowned) authors on prose style. Plus The Demon Inside David Lynch.

Unfixed

By Kimberly Warner

When broken is the fix.

Off The Fence

By The Fence Magazine

A weekly newsletter comprising features, deep-dives, tips, investigations and gossip from the The Fence Magazine.

Funny, it worked last time

By Saul Betmead de Chasteigner

A place with a simple ambition: To find practical ideas and thinking tools to better live and work by. Ways to reflect better, ways to reveal what is most important, ways to realise those ambitions in the lives we lead and the work we do.

A Sassy Little Substack

By Sandra

Weekly musings by Sandra Ann Miller, aka The Happyist, about being authentically happy, right now, as is (no toxic positivity allowed), living big in a small space, and figuring it all out, one misstep at a time. New posts each Wednesday. xo

Incidental Comics

By Grant Snider

Impossible thoughts and complicated feelings, illustrated. With bonus musings on how to live a creative life.

Good Humor

From the famous quote, “Arise good humor. Thou hast given me a joust of moral flavor.” Sir Wellington of Argyle, the discoverer of a heavy beef dish and a sock for golfers.

Because Christopher Hitchens couldn't have been more wrong... Women are Funny AF!

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Life (un)Learned

By Kim Van Bruggen

Where you unravel ingrained beliefs, examine limiting habits, and navigate life transitions with a recovering CEO.

bacon is the chocolate of meats

By appleton king

"take me to the place i love...take me all the way"---RHCP

Drinks With Broads

By Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

A Pop Culture Cocktail Served by the Fug Girls

Eleanor’s Substack

By Eleanor Anstruther

Short Stories, A Memoir In 65 Postcards, The Recovery Diaries, In Judgement Of Others, This Writing Life, Spotlight

Womancake Magazine

By Alicia Dara

Slices of wisdom by women age 40+. Wildly inspiring interviews, personal essays, podcast episodes, poetry and visual art delivered right to your inbox.

Shaved Meats, Piled High

By Laura Lippman

Blatant self-promotion for my novels because I never want to have a real job again. But, hey, it's only monthly and it's free.

Joyce Wadler

An occasional humor column, much like the one I did at The New York Times, which was called "I Was Misinformed". But now, the only gatekeeper is me. I hear I will let me get away with anything.

Field Blend

By Elyse Chambers

Book picks from Napa Valley's coolest indie bookstore paired with characteristically good finds.

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Stoicism: Philosophy as a Way of Life

By Donald J. Robertson

Email newsletter and podcast from Donald J. Robertson, cognitive-behavioural therapist, and author of Stoicism books, including How to Think Like a Roman Emperor. Sign up to learn how ancient philosophy and modern psychology can be used in self-help.

The New Now

By Russell C. Smith

Welcome to The New Now. I publish manifestos, essays, prose poems, novel chapters, short stories, noir prose poems, and flash fiction. I also touch on living through these historical times, quotes on life, writing, books, and freedom of thought.

Gorgeous, thought-provoking prose and ideas...

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Saratonin

By Sara Benincasa

A delightful weekly newsletter that is sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant & often full of useful recommendations & weirdly enchanting ideas

Gary’s Journey Through Hell

By Gary Shteyngart

Nine Circles +

The Long Middle

By Lisa Renee

Letters about life in the middle.

The Hyphen by Emma Gannon

✨ a cosy online space for curious readers ✨ from Sunday Times Bestselling author Emma Gannon. On books, work, wellbeing & creativity. 5th literature Substack globally. "One of Britain’s most prominent Substack writers" —The Times

The Midst

F@ck middle age. You're in The Midst.

The Jukebox at The Diner, and other assorted tales...

By The Funky Janitor Presents: Tales of The Funky Janitor

Hi, I'm Jason Mori, a storyteller and the scribe of The Jukebox at The Diner. It is a tale about a Twilight Zone-esque roadside diner in the middle of nowhere, where a jukebox plays the soundtrack of the story that unfolds.

Tone Knob

By Nick Parker

Taking a nerd's-eye view of brands doing interesting things with their language and tone of voice. Monthly. Written by Nick Parker. www.nickparker.co.uk

Witty... and oh-so-informative deep dives into the world's most remarkable brands. You will not regret, people. You will learn!

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

It's a wonderful world—meet the inhabitants!

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Unruly Figures

By Valorie Castellanos Clark

Stories of real people who refused to play by the rules.

Mad Woman

By Amanda Montei

Essays, conversations, and criticism on books, culture, and feminism, and a writing group for founding subscribers.

The Spread

By Rachel & Maggie

We’re here to reclaim the “women’s magazine.” Two veteran editors read it ALL to bring you everything we believe women’s media should be: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, hot goss, and the odd shopping tip—aka, the full Spread. Come hungry!

These women are on fire. You will want to be in some wacky coven with them and they might just say, "Yeah, get over here..." 😂

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Day In The Life

By Tom a pissed off cat

A satirical look at American, Canadian. UK politics seen through the eyes of an extremely pissed off cat who is baffled by the behavior of the two-legs in his orbit

When Tom a pissed off cat talks... America listens. Why? Because an angry feline essayist, who's both goddamned practical and f*cking hilarious, is exactly what this crazy current zeitgeist needs. You're welcome, world!

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

the unremarkable brain

By big dave

big ideas about food, health, epilepsy, and living large

Ask E. Jean

By E. Jean Carroll

Tormented? Driven Witless? Whipsawed by Confusion? Ask E. Jean is the longest currently-running advice column in American publishing.

Patti Smith

The reader is my notebook

Women's Survival Guide

By Kim Druker Stockwell

I interview women passionate about what they do in the now-what phase of life with positivity and humor.

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

BAD AT KEEPING SECRETS

By Carissa Potter

emotional messes & intimate conversations

Green Citizen

By Toby Miller

How to make compelling environmental arguments

The 914

By 914Editor

Northern Westchester's #1 irregular newsletter and lifestyle guide.

The cleverest... There's never an instance where I'm not learning a new word from this gem of a newsletter. Plus, who knew a WEED WRENCH was a thing? Not this girl. I LOVE that branding.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

The Clearing by Katherine May

By The Clearing with Katherine May

A newsletter and community for wild minds, winterers and enchantment-seekers with internationally bestselling author Katherine May.

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive 1-2 weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

The Anxious Overachiever

By Kathleen Smith

Therapy homework for busy humans who want to build better relationships.

sweater weather

By Brandon

essays about literature, culture, and so many feelings.

Singular cultural criticism and craft. Love me my stories about all the feels... and the gilded rage.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path.

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (except himself who he doesn't like v much but is working on it but like how can you really like yourself knowing everything you know about yourself, you know?)

Evil Witches Newsletter

By Claire Zulkey

We are people who happen to be mothers.

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.

HONEY STAY SUPER

By Kimberly Harrington

A newsletter about creating a new life after 50, after marriage, after kids, and after publishing. So sick of learning and growing I could barf. Making you think, cry, laugh, and feel. Read me, won’t you?

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you