Substacks recommended by Kim Thai

Recommended by Kim Thai

A weeklyish newsletter amplifying trans joy and home to the Being Alive Book Club 📚️🏳️‍⚧️✨. Also frequently mentioned: design, art, parenting, making, and musical theater.

Kyle writes beautifully about the trans experience with much insight, wit and heart.

- Kim Thai

Mindful Designer

By Steven Wakabayashi

A periodical newsletter covering the intersection of creativity, technology, mindful entrepreneurship, and social equity by Steven Wakabayashi.

My dear friend Steven Wakabayshi on how to navigate the world of design while practicing mindfulness.

- Kim Thai

Don't Buy What I'm Selling

By Lu Chekowsky

Musings on advertising, capitalism, humanity and the robots who know everything about you (from someone who used to live inside the machine).

Lu is an incredible writer and provides great insight into our consumer culture as we all navigate how to be humans amidst it all.

- Kim Thai

The Writing Body by Lisa Weinert

Rituals, practices, and reflections for writers—grounded in the body, shaped by listening, and rooted in Narrative Healing.

Dive into how writing can be a healing practice with my dear friend and co-teacher Lisa.

- Kim Thai

The Em Dash—from Carla Zanoni

Poet and journalist writing literary memoir about immigrant inheritance, addiction, and integration — I am creating a post-shame world, one essay at a time.

Carla is an exquisite writer; as she reconnects with her heart, her pieces also help you reconnect with your own.

- Kim Thai

Just One Breath.

Recommended by Kim Thai