Substacks recommended by Lauren Hough

Recommended by Lauren Hough

In a Tizzy

By Dina Gachman

My personal Substack

Clémence Michallon’s Substack

By Clemence

New books, book events, giveaways, and other fun updates (I hope).

Beth's Shaxstack

The long monologues and rants and pieces of writing that don't belong anywhere else.

Ask a Sober Lady

By Katie MacBride

I answer questions and share my thoughts about substance use and addiction recovery. Ask me something: askasoberlady@gmail.com

A Word About...

By Benjamin Dreyer

Words. Words about words. Words about copyediting. The occasional cultural observation.

Stroopwaffled

By Jennifer Barnett

Once upon a time I worked in magazines. Now I’m writing about life as an Expat in Amsterdam.

Pink Donut Boxes

By Morgan Longford

Like a dozen donuts, but words and stories, all lovingly packaged in a proverbial pink donut box.

Come As You Are

By Ally Hamilton

How much do childhood wounds shape who we become? What does it mean to heal? How can you be a deeply feeling person in this world and not lose your mind? We'll get into all of that and more. Thanks for spending some time with me.

No F*cks Given® with Sarah Knight

Permission to live your best life and advice on how to do it, from a bestselling author of sweary self-help. (Me!)

Wonkette

By Rebecca Schoenkopf

Wonkette is filthy, hilarious, liberal news. YOU CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Believer

By Jenn Morson

Jenn Morson is a writer and investigative journalist. Her reporting has focused on the clergy abuse crisis, specifically on issues present at her alma mater, Franciscan University. She also writes about other topics which move her to speak up.

Stir the Pot

By Michelle Albanes-Davis

All the best recipes, common sense cooking tips, and ways to fall back in love with food from 3x NY Times best-selling author Michelle Albanes Davis 🏳️‍🌈. For curious people who love to eat, cook, get in their feelings, and talk a lil sh*t.

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Unfinished Journeys

By Emily Chappell

Rewriting our stories about cycling, travel, people and identities

Release McCracken

By Elizabeth McCracken

Occasional notes from Elizabeth McCracken

The Direction of Motion

By Kathy Valentine

What moves me? Also, the wonderfully ongoing coming of aging story.

The Privilege to Feel

By Stephanie Land

Stephanie Land is the New York Times bestselling author of MAID and CLASS. She has the unexpected day job of a public speaker and continues to write about and advocate for survivors and people who parent under the poverty line.

Graphic Rage with Aubrey Hirsch

Comics about gender, justice, aging, and life as a woman in America.

Pleasure Centers

By Stefanie Iris Weiss

A newsletter about pleasure as praxis, permission, and play (plus a generous side order of astrology wisdom) from Stefanie Iris Weiss, the author of SEX AND YOUR STARS: A SEXOLOGIST'S GUIDE TO THE EROTIC ENERGY OF THE ZODIAC (Sounds True, 2024)

Women of Ill Repute

By Maureen Holloway

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Melt With Me

By Paul Crenshaw

Essays on kindness, pop culture, and occasionally poop. Cancer survivor x2. Father of awesome daughters. Four-time Best American Essayist.

Fox at Timber Creek

By Timber Fox

A deep dive every Sunday, often into a place I've explored, and a multitude of short subjects on Wednesday. Forays into the NJ Pine Barrens, forgotten historical sites, and interesting places around the world.

Thomas is, in a word, fucking delightful.

- Lauren Hough

Crying in Cars

By Taylor Aileen Harrison

pop culture & the joy/misery of being alive

Therapy for Social Change

By Rebecca Hyman

Tools and strategies to heal the self and join with others to free the world from systemic violence and oppression

Corey Ryan Forrester’s Rants and Such!

Hello all! On this here Substack I not only write essays and do podcasts, but I have also created my own little world called Chickaluki! Think "Lake Wobegon" but with a southern twist! Subscribe today and become a full fledged citizen of Chickaluki!

Love Story

By Laura McKowen

Your life is a love story, just not the kind you think. An honest look at relationships, recovery, and writing from the bestselling author of We Are The Luckiest and Push Off from Here.

Khải Đơn

Essays and poetry through the borders of human bodies and my living expriences

The Audacity.

By Roxane Gay

Writing that boldly disregards normal restraints.

A Life Worth Writing

By S J Watson

From a New York Times bestselling novelist: raw dispatches from the writing life and the chaos that feeds it. Fiction, truth, and the blurry line between. Always sharp. Sometimes savage. Live it. Write it. Burn the rest.

Feelings Not Aside

By Kayti Christian

A newsletter for sensitive people

Spark

By Elizabeth Marro

We examine life's questions through the lens of what we are reading and writing. You'll find essays, stories, book recs, interviews, and resources for readers and writers. Let's talk!

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

Advice and wisdom from Heather Havrilesky, published since 2012 (formerly at The Awl and NY Magazine). Paid subscribers receive 1-2 weekly posts on how to navigate our broken world with compassion, realism, and an open heart.

Adventures In "Journalism" by Sari Botton

Highlights and lowlights* (*mostly lowlights) from one Gen X lady writer's rather circuitous career path.

ASK MOLLY

By Heather Havrilesky

Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)

If I'd been reading Heather way back when, I might've known myself a little better. But then, I wouldn't have all these poor choices to write about. But I wouldn't have felt so alone. Anyway the point is she's my compass. And we need her.

- Lauren Hough

Calling from the Landline

By Alice Driver

Notes on how to keep daily life creative

bitches gotta eat!

By samantha irby

judge mathis recaps + milf-on-milf romance

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Recommended by Lauren Hough