The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

A newsletter dedicated to the evaluation and explication of love stories, hosted by award-winning author and bona fide super-romantic, Meg Oolders.

Looking Out for America's Women and Girls

A membership community for midlife women who want to write, connect, and grow on Substack, from the editors of Midstory Magazine.

As Bruce Springsteen said, “You walk cool, but darlin', can you walk the line? And face the ties that bind.”

A place to learn about disability rights, being chronically ill during a pandemic and how to cope with losing your health & independence.

Conversation and Community for Women in Peri/Menopause

Midlife just got literary.

Once upon a time I worked in magazines. Now I’m writing about life as an Expat in Amsterdam.

Exploring books, literary lives and Cambridge women’s history

Welcome to Symbiopædia! You are entering the wildwordwoods ~ a verbiophile zone to protect precious words from doublespeak, identity theft and verbicide. Wordcasts for the Symbiocene go public on Wild-Word-Wednesdays

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

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

a newsletter by Cindy House

A brave space for the bereaved and the broken-hearted to feel safe, seen, and supported.

Actionable insights that lead to greater wellbeing, brought to you by my efforts to be intentional about everything (within reason)

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

Words are my LURVE language. So, I'm sharing them with you. Lit*er*al*ly.

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

Humor writing about life, culture, and assorted grievances.

Jessica and Flesché met in their 20s and danced their butts off in the clubs of San Francisco. Now they are middle-aged BFFs and recovering good-girls who host a podcast for women in midlife to laugh, vent, and thrive together.

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!)

Trusted by 40K+ readers, we pick the best-written books from US and UK recent releases and prize shortlists, and publish in-depth articles by their authors on prose style. Plus the satirical series The Demon Inside David Lynch.

When broken is the fix.

Writing, podcasts and other stuff by writer Joel Morris.

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

Transformative thinking that helps individuals and organisations create better futures.

Talking about creating and maintaining authentic happiness. Especially now. No toxic positivity allowed, but swearing is. Especially now! (Yes, it's possible to be happy in 2025. And it's needed! Let's do this!) New posts each Wednesday. xo

Spirituality for cynics. A space to explore the meaning of life, the universe and everything, when you're not sure what to believe in. A space to belong when you've never found belonging came easy.

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

Humor essays, interviews with Funny AF Women and comedy videos from an empty nester mom still waiting for her kids to text her back.

Explore reinvention, renewal, and growth with curiosity, humour, and a hint of attitude with a recovering CEO.

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

A Pop Culture Cocktail Served by the Fug Girls

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

I write about politics, gender, history, popular culture, and mass media—what moves me, what delights me, what irritates me, and what worries me—from movies and cable tv to mainstream news publications and broadcasts to commercials and ads.

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

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.

For women who love to read. Book picks from Napa Valley's coolest indie bookstore paired with characteristically good finds.

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

Weekly poetry curations & literary lessons designed to transform your writing life

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.

The intersection of midlife, single motherhood, and neurodivergence

Complex times usher us beyond comfort to the depths of human becoming. These letters are meditative essays devoted to the unfolding of us.

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

Fostering healing, acceptance, and radical joy through storytelling + community. Subscribe to find calm in the chaos.

The arts, books, movies, a course: Write it!, The Writing Life, (Re)Making Love: a memoir in serial chapters (fully up now), Who by Fire: a serial novel.

Nine Circles +

New work from the award-winning author and psychologist. A gathering place for lovers of myth, fairy tales and depth psychology, exploring the mysteries of the psyche and reimagining women's stories.

Weekly personal essays about wealth, class, and capitalism from someone with generational wealth, writing with transparency