Substacks recommended by Paulina Pinsky

Recommended by Paulina Pinsky

tender contributions

By naomi shimada

exploring softness in a hard world

Margaret Online

By Margaret Murphy

Musings on the Internet, art, and pop culture from a MySpace Millennial.

process/product

By Paulina Pinsky

process/product (process over product) is about daily rituals, baby steps, and the steady habits that define a creative life.

I write this one, too.

- Paulina Pinsky

All Things Fat With Jessica Torres

Hi! I’m Jessica Torres and I am a fat expert. Subscribe for survival tips navigating the world as a fat person, including fashion advice, shopping recommendations, and a safe haven for discussing all things related to our fat bodies.

as seen on

By Ochuko Akpovbovbo

business, culture, and gen z trends. as seen on my group chats

This is the absolute most informative newsletter on Substack. It's probably the only one I read religiously. I stay on the pulse, if only because of this newsletter. I'm obsessed.

- Paulina Pinsky

Sine | JSTOR Meets Brainrot, Diary Meets Journal

By Mon Hush

Sine curves describe (nearly) everything. Here, you'll find descriptions of everything – in all forms and formats. Let's discuss.

The Isolation Journals with Suleika Jaouad

A newsletter for people seeking to transform life's interruptions into creative grist

Poems for Tired People

By Kate Seward

Poems, essays, and journal entries from a dubiously optimistic, sober single mom who had a baby at 48.

Sober App Substack

Welcome! We created this space as an extension of Sober App—a free app to help you discover freedom through sober living. Join our engaged and growing community—one in which everyone shares a common goal of of staying sober, one day at a time.

A True Life Built

By Liz M.

Photo essays on starting over and building a truer life.

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

How to Glow in the Dark

By Neon Literary

Book publishing advice and community for authors of fiction and nonfiction, written by the agents at Neon Literary.

Sub Club

Submission opportunities for creative and professional writers.

The Sober Creative

By Josh Woll

The Sober Creative shows how removing alcohol restores the energy, clarity, and capacity that gets buried under incomplete recovery—with practical strategies and real stories from people who've made the shift.

Minimal Change

By Talia Billig

A grammy nominated songwriter's field notes on art, baking, and a rare kidney disease. Weekly by Talia Billig (fka Taali), every Sunday since 2020.

Astro Poets

poetry | astrology | mystery

Beyond Liquid Courage

By Tawny Lara

Writing, entrepreneurship, media strategy, and pop culture from the author of Dry Humping

Brazenface

By Tatiana Gallardo

Shameless. Saucy. And scared shitless. Brazenface is an illustrated newsletter about facing fear all around the world.

The Molehill

By Viv

armchair fashion sociologist in 90s prada

Bright Nights, Big City

By Sam · Bright Nights Social

Hi, this is Sam, the founder & CEO of Bright Nights Social, an alcohol-free nightlife event series in New York City. On this blog, I share event picks, third places, non-alcoholic drinks, and reflections on sobriety, social life, and staying curious.

Ojos de Santa Lucia

By Alejandra Oliva

An erratically published missive on art, justice, and my own personal canon of lady-saints. | olivalejandra.com

Thanks For Letting Me Share

By Thanks for Letting Me Share

Addiction. Recovery. Alcoholism. How we got sober. How we stay sober.

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

The Small Bow

A newsletter, podcast, and growing community making sense of what it means to recover. Grief, loneliness, addiction, mental illness -- whatever you're here for, we got you.

CRAFT TALK

By Craft Talk

CRAFT TALK is a weekly newsletter about writing, creativity and productivity from author Jami Attenberg. This is also the home of #1000wordsofsummer, where, once a year, we write 1000 words a day together for two weeks straight.

Drawing Links

By Edith Zimmerman

Journal comics and sketchbook, by Edith Zimmerman.

Writing Elizabeth

By Elizabeth Austin

A writer and solo mom’s messy take on writing full-time and raising teens after my daughter’s years in leukemia treatment. Challenging polished survival stories, exploring the raw reality of getting through, and building a writing career along the way.

Before and After the Book Deal

By Courtney Maum

Real talk about the writing + publishing industry from an author who doesn’t want you to feel confused, bewildered, or alone. Plus: craft tips, reading recommendations, writing support + solidarity (unless you are a jerk to people in the comments).

Body Lore

By Kasia

How weird it is to live in a body: medical history, the body in literature, and personal corporeal mishaps

Kasia is a brilliant writer, and she is a graduate of my Substack writing workshop! A TRUE LIVING, BREATHING EXAMPLE OF DOIN' THE DAMN THING!

- Paulina Pinsky

Dead Culture

By Daniel Felsenfeld

Thinking and writing about culture (not pop), about music, books, life, love, and tattoos.