Substacks recommended by Crone Life

Recommended by Crone Life

Is It Okay?

By Bonnie Morrison

Tackling uncomfortable conversations, one question at a time.

Democracy Americana

By Thomas Zimmer

Reflections on American democracy and its discontents

Keep you finger on the deep pulse

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Notebook

By B.D. McClay

One third Books, one third Observations, one third Who Knows.

No idea who this person is, but love to read it

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Sheila (of Ephemera)

I’m a Gen X west coast Canadian who loves shopping and wearing second-hand clothes. I adore my cat and my husband (not necessarily in that order). I’ve been a fashion blogger since 2008.

The Quirky Crone Chronicles

By Taru Fisher

This is for women of any age who want to age consciously and refuse to become invisible as they grow older...unless invisibility is desired in certain situations!

Are you a quirky crone? This is for you.

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Mary Louisa Locke's Occasional Newsletter

By M. Louisa Locke

Update on my writing progress, new publications, mystery, historical, and science discounts and recommendations.

A reading life

By Petya K. Grady

A newsletter for book people who've lost their way.

Frump Feelings

By 🧐 Emma Copley Eisenberg

Craft essays and criticism on writing, books, and fat liberation from the author of Housemates, Fat Swim, and The Third Rainbow Girl.

Looks Good

By Adrien

A newsletter about about midlife, books, style, beauty, fitness and other stuff I like. Former style blogger at Looks Good From The Back.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

Inspiring

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After School by Casey Lewis

an examination of youth culture

Aging, not necessarily gracefully

By Cindy O’Dell

Thoughts on aging, not always gracefully, and exploring the challenges, joys, friendships, pleasures and frustrations of this phase of life.

Dispatches From The Shed

By Lyn Slater

Essays, Ideas, "Butterfly Thoughts", Vignettes, Experiments and more by Lyn Slater

She's the coolest.

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The White Pages

By Garrett

What if we could build something better?

Too Old For This Sh*t

By JULIA HUBBEL

You're Way Too Old to Say You're Too Old for your last third. This is your time, the best time, and let's discover why. Above all, let's share the best ideas for how to enjoy and thrive. The best adventure is to age well. Let's play!

Girls of a Certain Age

By Kim France

Style advice, shopping picks, pop culture, and opinion for over-40 women and the over-40-curious, from former Sassy staffer and Lucky Magazine founding editor in chief Kim France.

HONEY STAY SUPER

By Kimberly Harrington

A newsletter that's pro-Big-Life-Changes. Creating a new life after 50, after marriage, after kids, after publishing, and after moving 11,000 times. So sick of learning and growing I could barf. Making you think, laugh, and feel. Sorry.

Matriarchal Blessing

By Celeste Davis

Catharsis for your feminist awakening.

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.

She yells back

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Drinks With Broads

By Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

A Pop Culture Cocktail Served by the Fug Girls

Amusing

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oh mon dieu

By Courtney Grow

Blocking my husband and sharing my finds

Earl Earl by Laurel Pantin

Breaking down the hows and whys of what to wear. A styling and shopping letter by fashion director Laurel Pantin.

★culture vulture★

By shit you should care about

collected essays on pop culture & the internet: how we fuck with these things & they fuck with us right back

Back Row

By Amy Odell

The twice-weekly fashion and culture newsletter. Insider knowledge. Outsider honesty. Humor included.

Fashionable

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Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

That Blog You Like Is Going to Come Back in Style

By Adam Kotsko

An attempt at a new start from the oldest of old-school bloggers. I plan to address My Type of Thing: everything from pedagogy to political theology, leavened with autobiographical reflection. My opinions do not necessarily represent those of my employer.

If you feel you don't fit in anywhere, this might be the place you do

- Crone Life