Substacks recommended by Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Recommended by Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

On making creativity the focus of a second-half-of-life.

A little bit of parenting, a little bit of chef wife life, a whole lotta Jess being Jess.

Want real life, recounted with honesty, laughter, and badass truth? Jessica is a tremendous soul. Oh, and she should be everyone's mommy. Just sayin'.

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Caravanserai

By Joumana Medlej

An artist lighting her way through dark times by relearning forgotten art practices and natural ways.

Erin In The Morning

By Erin Reed

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

The Art of Enchantment, with Dr Sharon Blackie

New writing 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 the enchanted life.

No one more deftly and sensitively explores mythos from the perspective of heroine's journey that Sharon Blackie … because, well, she's LIVING it.

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Badreads

By Lauren Hough

Essays, bad jokes, rants, and unsolicited advice from New York Times bestselling author Lauren Hough, and a dog named Woody Guthrie.

Lauren Hough is THE most honest and raw writer alive. It's hard to keep real in this business, but her prose is MAGIK!

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Uncivil Savant

By Caroline Ross

Notes from the way, words from the woods, waters from the springs

Every time I read these posts, I grow. I learn. I delight in the magik and surprise that is the cosmos. Thank you!

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Anne Byrn: Between the Layers

An honest weekly conversation about life, through the lens of baking and cooking, from the award-winning, best-selling cookbook author.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Being a reader of Heather Cox Richardson has gotten me through the last seven years and more of political upheaval in America. 100 years from now, her Letters will be required reading to grasp, "Yeah, it was really like that."

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Charlotte's Web Thoughts

By Charlotte Clymer

Politics, religion, culture, and humor from a Christian trans woman. 2024 NLGJA Award for Excellence in Blogging. 2023 & 2024 GLAAD Media Award Finalist for Outstanding Blog.

Oh, if we could bottle Charlotte Clymer and put her into the water system of every red state, we might actually transform the world. She's that inspiring!

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

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

Sari is unabashedly authentic and vulnerable in her grappling with the vicissitudes of the writer's life and, well, with the joys and pitfalls of living in general.

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)

ASK MOLLY

By Heather Havrilesky

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)

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.

This is my go-to in the insurrection against Papa Culture. Seriously, I DEPEND on these posts to reassure me that I'm not crazy—I just need a sister like this, regularly sending me hope.

- Bethany A. Beeler (she/her)