The Spread

How Do You Throw a Kate Hudson-Themed Oscar Party?

The Andie Anderson and Isla Gordon of newsletters is popping corn, meds, and hopefully not our ACLs. Plus: Tyra Mail!

Mar 12 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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You Do Fosse, Fosse, Fosse!

The Jessica Fletcher and Miss Marple of newsletters is hot on the case of Amy Griffin. Plus: Hot runners, ruined power-brokers, and classic clit-erature

Mar 6 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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February 2026

Start Spreadin’ the News

The Bert and Ernie of newsletters is happy just to be nominated! Also, getting our PhD in fujoshi, reupping our Wired sub, and tossing our berets to…

Feb 27 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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Last Night a DJ Saved Our Lives

The Donna Summer and Gloria Gaynor of newsletters is shook by 💃 🙌 ANN LEE 🙌 💃 and five other truly worth-it reads.

Feb 12 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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A Sow in Opera Gloves

The Delia Deetz and Moira Rose of newsletters is chafing our nude nips on father-daughter drama, psychotic social workers, and performative pronatalism.

Feb 5 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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January 2026

Under the Table and Through the Woods

The Green Baby Lima and Yellow Split Pea of newsletters is leaning in for lit-world goss, stripping down in your living room, and dialing…

Jan 30 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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The Full Meal Deal

The Shirley Partridge and Carol Brady of newsletters is staring our control issues in the face, channeling our inner auntie, and washing it all down…

Jan 22 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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Not On Our Watch

The Wayne Gretzky and Wayne Gretzky of newsletters—we only know one hockey player—is firing up the ice with a Hollywood tragedy, proteinmaxxing 2.0, and…

Jan 15 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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Exile on Main Street

The Lizzie McGuire and Kelsey Peters of newsletters is back with catty mamas, rent-a-mamas, one wild-eyed MAGA mama, and a new theme song.

Jan 9 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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December 2025

So...What Have You Learned? PART DEUX

The bathrobe and the scented candle of newsletters offers you a break from printing return labels with our (last) end-of-year wrap up. No really, this…

Dec 27, 2025 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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So…What Have You Learned? PART I

The James Caan and Bob Newhart of newsletters is playing it back and taking names.

Dec 19, 2025 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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The House That Nikki Built

The Marie Curie and Marie Antoinette of newsletters is on the mic with Marie Claire's Nikki Ogunnaike—an EIC who evolves like it's her job. (It is.)

Dec 16, 2025 • Rachel Baker and Maggie Bullock

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