Substacks recommended by Mikala Jamison

Recommended by Mikala Jamison

The Hybrid Letter

By Alex

A newsletter for strength and endurance athletes — and anyone who wants to become one

Learn more about how to move through space *and* lift heavy things (which makes working out more fun).

- Mikala Jamison

Women's Barbell Club

By Meredith Sell

A newsletter about women in strength sports and the emerging science of female physiology and fitness, with a dash of cultural criticism.

Hmm That's Interesting

By Clara

Culture thoughts of/for/by the Chronically Online, from that girl you may have seen on Instagram or TikTok (alas). Essays, pop culture, interviews, and literature.

Hung Up

By hunter harris

A twice-weekly newsletter about movies, tv, and personal pop culture obsessions. Hung Up is essays, interviews, recommendations, reviews, gossip, line readings, love notes, cool stuff to share with your friends.

Mental Hellth

By P.E. Moskowitz

You're not crazy, the world is.

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

A critical review of beauty culture from “the woman the beauty industry fears” (the Sunday Herald).

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.

BAT makes me LOL and makes me Feel: A winning combo

- Mikala Jamison

From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

Essays, criticism, and interviews on food culture, media, and politics sent out on Monday morning. Paid subscribers receive additional posts on Fridays and have access to commenting, the recipe archive, and more.

Everything Alicia writes about food makes me appreciate and consider food more deeply, especially as someone who's been challenged by my relationship to eating.

- Mikala Jamison

Notebook

By B.D. McClay

About books, TV, movies, and higher etiquette. Also God sometimes. Also Taylor Swift.

Essays that feel to me like conversations I'd have with friends at a diner at 2 a.m., and I mean that in the best possible way.

- Mikala Jamison

Well To Do

By Rina Raphael

The latest, greatest, and strangest of the wellness industry.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

She's A Beast: A Swole Woman's Newsletter

By Casey Johnston

No longer using Substack!! Newsletter can now be found at shesabeast.co

The GOAT publication for (especially) women who like to or want to lift weights. Pretty much everything Casey publishes about lifting is something I wish I'd written.

- Mikala Jamison

Body Type

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