Substacks recommended by Freya Rohn

Recommended by Freya Rohn

Climate Anxiety and Spiritual Resilience

Reflections on climate anxiety and spiritual resilience by a professor of religious studies and Indigenous studies

Welcome to this world of sharing and exploration, where together we will learn, remember, and discover new tools and maps to navigate through the storms of life. A warm-hearted and safe community to learn, remember, and share together.

Flowers for the Void

By Wei Tam

Poetry | Nature | Peace

The Life Boat

By Samantha Clark

Weekly letters from a windswept northerly island about creative life by the water, and the art and books that help us stay buoyant. Climb aboard.

Art Dogs

By Bailey Richardson

Meet the beloved pets that lived with beloved artists. Posts delivered monthly.

Cita Press Bulletin

New-Old Books! Open Access! Collective Knowledge Production! Celebrating feminist literature and design of the past, present, and future.

15th Century Feminist

By 15thCenturyFeminist

Here we'll explore how feminism and misogyny come into play in 15th century Europe. No longer will the women of the Middle Ages be erased, minimized, or villainized.

Creative Fuel with Anna Brones

A newsletter and community dedicated to exploring the intersection of creativity and everyday life with Anna Brones. For the creative energy that resides in all of us.

Audacious Women, Creative Lives

By Anne Boyd Rioux "Audacious Women

Sharing stories of audacious women writers and artists, because we could all use a little inspiration. Also essays on the writing life and opportunities to connect, because we're all in this together.

Mostly Water

By John Lovie

Like the human body, and the earth's surface, this newsletter is mostly, but not entirely, water.

John's writing always comes from a place of deep care--for others, for community, and for our lands and waters.

- Freya Rohn

Noted

By Jillian Hess

Tips from the world's best note takers

Poetry Unbound

By Pádraig Ó Tuama

Open your world with poetry

Peak Notions with Laura Kennedy

The digital world is full of voices (often loud and disgruntled), but this is a place where you won’t find the obvious perspective, or the one you see everywhere else. By an Irish writer, editor and ex-philosopher.

Excerpts from Pocket Observatory

By Meg Conley

Hi! I’m Meg Conley. I write about the intersection of capitalism, culture and care work at Pocket Observatory. Select essays are republished to Substack. If you'd like to receive my official (FREE) newsletter, subscribe here + I'll take care of the rest!

Beautiful takes on the work and writing of care.

- Freya Rohn

Story Club with George Saunders

A place to explore the way the short story works.

Mad Woman

By Amanda Montei

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

Dirtbags Through the Ages

By Allison Epstein

Weird, wild, and dirtbaggy stories from history, handcrafted and delivered biweekly.

Berkana

By Swarnali Mukherjee

Built with a soft burning passion for obscure places, people, folklores, and cultural epiphanies

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Writing

By Amber Sparks

Useless and flailing observations about writing that will not save you

Matriarchy Report

By Lane Anderson

A feminist newsletter about care work, family, and capitalism and how to make things better for everyone. Gender, motherhood, occasional rants. By two journalists + uni profs.

Everything Is Amazing

By Mike Sowden

A newsletter about seeing more, feeling more, and asking better questions. Curiosity makes everything better - but can it be *learned*? Let's find out.

navel gazing

By River Selby (they/them)

Gaze at one's navel long enough and you can see the entire world. Essays on literature, art, recovery, neurodivergency, and more. Craft lessons and creativity sessions. You can be yourself here.

On the Commons

By Antonia Malchik

A newsletter about ownership, property, and what we lose in the privatization of the commons.

Deep explorations of place and our common ties to the lands we live on.

- Freya Rohn

The Lunar Dispatch

By Will Dowd

Arriving on the night of the full moon, this monthly newsletter brings you the latest news and musings on our nearest celestial neighbor.

TCF Emails

By Tracy Clark-Flory

A newsletter on sex, pop culture, and feminism.

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.

The Liminality Journal

By Kaitlin Curtice

thoughts on the in-between

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Absurd, honest comedy delivered twice a weekish through the vulnerable personal essays of Alex Dobrenko: tv actor+writer to some, father to o̶n̶e̶ two, and friend to all.

An Irritable Métis

By Chris La Tray

Email newsletter from Chris La Tray, member of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians, author of "Becoming Little Shell" from Milkweed Editions (8/20/2024), and 2023–2025 Montana Poet Laureate.

Always thoughtful and thought-filled. Love Chris' writing.

- Freya Rohn

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.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

M I R A B I L A R Y

By Anne Boyer

a mirabilary is a person who writes of wonders.