Substacks recommended by Mikala Jamison

Recommended by Mikala Jamison

How to Move

By Anna Maltby

an anti-diet newsletter about exercise

Sane, smart, accessible content about exercise from a health and wellness expert who really knows her stuff.

- Mikala Jamison

This Plate Will Save Your Life

By TPWSYL

Rebellious nutrition and no frills recipes.

The Hybrid Letter

By Alex

Hyrox, Deka, and hybrid racing. 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.

Books + Bits

By Pandora Sykes

A Pandora's Box of books and culture recs

I love books and want to read more of them and Pandora's words encourage me :)

- Mikala Jamison

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.

Mental Hellth

By P.E. Moskowitz

You're not crazy, the world is.

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

A critical review of the beauty industry prioritizing people, not products.

Both Are True

By Alex Dobrenko

Funny, deep, relatable stories from a dad to two, husband to one, friend to all (free for all) + BATCAVE (workshops, cowriting, "community") for paid subscribers.

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

- Mikala Jamison

From the Desk of Alicia Kennedy

Essays, criticism, and commentary on food, culture, and media sent out on Monday morning. Subscribers receive every post in full, are invited to join the weekly Salon and Desk Book Club, and much 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