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Re-politicizing mental illness and embracing the weird

A place to explore the way the short story works.

If you're interested in the slow, delicate parsing of a short story from a teacher and touchstone author of our time, you might like George Saunders' Story Club.

- A. Gijsbers van Wijk

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

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

This newsletter is an incredibly well-written takedown of the beauty industry from someone who was (and in some ways is) a beauty/wellness/skincare writer. It's filled with nuance, great guest posts, and fascinating intersectionality.

- A. Gijsbers van Wijk

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By Emily Atkin

A newsletter for people who are pissed off about the climate crisis.

slow living

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