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Noahpinion

Noah Smith is a former Bloomberg Opinion columnist. He brought his popular blog Noahpinion to Substack in 2020 and now has over 50,000 subscribers.

By Noah Smith · Thousands of paid subscribers · $9.99/month

Eyes on the Right

Andrew Sullivan calls Damon Linker “one of the most arresting and honest writers of his generation.” On Substack, Linker writes about the rise (or resurrection) of the antiliberal right in the United States and around the world.

By Damon Linker · Hundreds of paid subscribers · $7/month

The Guerrilla Feminist

Lachrista Greco runs @TheGuerrillaFeminist, which has over 237K followers and initially started as a performance art campaign in 2011 in Chicago. She writes critical commentary on a variety of topics from a Marxist abolitionist feminist lens.

By Lachrista Greco · Launched 2 years ago · $5/month

Brazenface

For all of 2022, Tatiana Gallardo is “doing everything that scares her” and chronicling the adventures that transpire with comics, photos, and hyper-personal essays.

By Tatiana Gallardo · Launched 6 months ago

Kitchen Projects

“A deep dive on how to achieve your perfect pastry” delivered each week by Nicola Lamb, a recipe developer, consultant and pastry chef based in London.

By Nicola Lamb · Thousands of paid subscribers · £5/month

Oldster Magazine

Oldster Magazine explores what it means to travel through time in a human body. It’s run by Sari Botton, a writer, editor, and teacher living in Kingston, NY, best known for editing Goodbye to All That: Writers on Loving & Leaving NY, and for the five years she worked as the essays editor for Longreads.

By Sari Botton · Hundreds of paid subscribers · $6/month

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