Substacks recommended by Lauren Shields | Constitutionally Midwestern

Recommended by Lauren Shields

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Deconstructions of what it means to be a therapist in today's world. We talk about money, boundaries, hustle culture, and constructing a sustainable mental health field for generations of therapists to come.

A poly therapist talks about balance and healing in the context of late-stage capitalism? Yes please!

- Lauren Shields

Evangelical Think Pieces

By matthew pierce

Folks, isn't it time a Christian wrote some essays

Black Girl Country Living

By Hillarie

Coming home to ourselves, community, and the land. Let's rewild!

Dracula Daily

By DraculaDaily

Get the classic novel Dracula, emailed to you in real time as it happens.

Proof that it's possible to use the internet to get smarter. And spookier.

- Lauren Shields

The Review of Beauty by Jessica DeFino

A critical review of beauty culture from “the woman the beauty industry fears” (the Sunday Herald).

Ask Polly

By Heather Havrilesky

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

Heather Havrilesky's take on Personing is relatable and vulnerable without being ruminative. If I could write like anyone, it would be her.

- Lauren Shields

The Corners by Nadia Bolz-Weber

Grace for fuck-ups. Prayer for the impious. A space for spiritual misfits.

Men Yell at Me

By lyz

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you