The app for independent voices
Hint: if you just never learn how to use the substack app you will not even know substack has reels until everyone is complaining about it lol
“Therefore, if China does not withdraw its 34% increase above their already long term trading abuses by tomorrow, April 8th, 2025, the United States will impose ADDITIONAL Tariffs on China of 50%, effective April 9th.“
He’s out of his tiny mind.
No single person should ever have anything like this power. The Senate needs to wake the fuck up.
I have never been so busy or tired and I may never write again. And yet…
You made it, you own it
You always own your intellectual property, mailing list, and subscriber payments. With full editorial control and no gatekeepers, you can do the work you most believe in.
Great discussions
Join the most interesting and insightful discussions.
Termination of my pregnancy was offered to me so many times I lost count. My unborn child had a 98% chance for Down Syndrome.
The specialists listed her markers clinically; thick neck, short limbs and heart complications. Constant reminders that these pregnancies terminate themselves often and without warning.
Not once did they connect me with families raising children with Down syndrome. Not once did they mention joy.
Three years later I’m still stunned by the contrast of their grim predictions…
The ur-text of the all-girl literary world is of course “Cat Person”, which is actually about combing through the Facebook and Instagram accounts of the younger and skinnier ex-girlfriend of the boringly non-toxic MFA-type guy you hooked up with. (The actual guy ended up killing himself or ODing a few years later.) There is a good story to be told about how this literary culture is parasitic upon the toxic male gaze it exists to decry.