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The Wham! of newsletters is conjuring our inner “big, ugly Irish girl,” trading Burning Man for the Kennedy School, and yes, fine, bloggin' our buns…
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Happy Woman Blues
The Ernest and Julio Gallo of newsletters is savoring a piece of not-totally-awful post-Roe news, checking in with X Æ A-XII’s folks, and wiki-ing our…
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Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
The Marilyn Monroe and James Dean—think “American Classics,” not “Gone Too Soon”—of newsletters is grieving past-life friendships and Rorschach-ing…
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Too Much Sugar for a Dime
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Laying It On Thick
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If These Walls Could Talk
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The Dog Ate Our Homework
The Lux Lisbon and Marie Antoinette of newsletters is diving straight into the biggest, baddest quarry, while wearing custom Batsheva (obviously).
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Too Much Sugar for a Dime
The lime and the coconut of newsletters is side-eyeing #tradwives and trying not to freak about toxins in our unmentionables.
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Sometimes the Clothes Do Not Make the Mag
The Bill Pullman and Bill Paxton of newsletters is knee-deep in Naomis, stockpiling September issues, and tripping up on “trigger warnings”
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B-A-N-A-N-A-S
The double supermoon of newsletters is channeling our inner thespian and storming the gates of Montecito.
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If These Walls Could Talk
The beige Birkenstock and shiny pink stiletto of newsletters is staring life’s most profound questions squarely in the face. Well, that, and perfecting…
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Christmas in July!
The salmon and halibut of newsletter—sexy, eh?—is decking the halls in 90-plus-degree swelter because, ah, hell, why not?
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(Too) Wet (Too) Hot American Summer
The Salma Hayek’s twin orbs of newsletters is floating down a lazy river of gorgeous essays, mind-changing pods, and Barbie overload.
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The Spread
The Spread
What would make the perfect women’s magazine? Juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal examinations of women’s lives—and none of the advertiser obligations. Welcome to the Spread!
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