Substacks recommended by Rachel Katz

Recommended by Rachel Katz

Crybaby Dispatch

By breena louise

Reflections on hard feelings, creativity, and the work that shapes us.

You Are Doing A Good Enough Job

By Sophie Lucido Johnson

A newsletter for people who beat themselves up.

Women's Survival Guide

By Kim Druker Stockwell

I interview women passionate about what they do in the now-what phase of life with positivity and humor.

Honest and unpretentious look at a phase of life that I still have to look forward to.

- Rachel Katz

Liana’s Newsletter

By Liana Finck

A weekly selection of drawings by New Yorker cartoonist and matador Liana Finck, sent out on Wednesdays. Paid subscribers will also get a Sunday email of autobiographical comics, process drawings, and other behind-the-scenes things.

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive twice weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

I've never liked advice columns but this one converted me. "I want to be Heather Havrilesky when I grow up" --my friend Alex (and who doesn't).

- Rachel Katz

My Sweet Dumb Brain

By Katie Hawkins-Gaar

A newsletter about facing life's ups and downs, all while being kind to yourself.

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.