I Have to Break Up With My Therapist for a Maddening Reason Kristin Wong
I don’t want to say goodbye.
The Church’s Pastor Gets Diagnosed with AIDS. And the Church Wonders How Much They Might Lose. Lynne Gerber
The church’s minister gets sick and everyone knows it. What do you preach about when you first learn you have AIDS?
Why Are So Many Celebrities Joining Substack? Kate Lindsay
Charli xcx, Dolly Parton, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus are the latest to join the newsletter platform.
Elphaba/Glinda: A Hegelian Dialectic of Our Time? Dana Stevens, Julia Turner, and Stephen Metcalf
No good film goes un-sequeled. Wicked: For Good concludes the Ozian saga.
A Beloved Sitcom Actor Went Conservative. Her Memoir Tries to Explain Why. Nitish Pahwa
Her new memoir, Unscripted, is an interesting and often frustrating look into the actress’s life, work, and relationship with RFK Jr.
The Most Humiliating Failure of the New Trump Administration Has Come to a Sad, Fitting Close Christina Cauterucci
It failed at every one of its stated goals while still managing to do tremendous damage to millions of people.
The GOP Planned Its Midterm Strategy Around Mamdani. Then He Met With Trump. Shirin Ali
Prior to Trump’s meeting, Republicans had actually strategized around making Mamdani—and his Muslim background—a serious political target going forward.
My Career Was Going So Well. One Social Media Post Ruined Everything. Doree Shafrir
Should I accept that chapter is over?