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Fansplaining publishes essays and cultural criticism about fandom, covering fan communities, fanfiction history, and how media companies treat fans. Issues combine historical background, community analysis and some collaborative pieces from other outlets.
Essays on science, biology, AI alignment and the quirks of internet discourse, written with a wry, speculative voice. Each issue works through an unusual question or theory, often with humor and explicit epistemic caveats.
A weekly newsletter on skateboarding culture, mixing personal essays, reporting and commentary on skate videos, DIY spaces, board graphics and the industry. Readers get first-person, culturally informed writing plus guest contributions and interviews.
Aftermath publishes news, commentary and reporting on video games, game industry issues and internet culture. Recent issues cover AI-generated clone games on Steam, a fighting game star withdrawing from an event over AI art, and AI's effect on hobbies like retro gaming and open source.
David Farrier publishes investigations and features on oddities, powerful figures, and under-covered stories, mixed with updates on the newsletter's own finances and legal costs. Readers get independent, ad-free reporting and commentary, with some of it behind a paid subscription.
Alexander Jason Fulton-style personal blog posts about oddities of pop culture, art and small creative projects. Readers get curious, lightly humorous explorations such as indexing a TV sitcom's family jokes, comparing themes in paintings, and building a game for Apple Watch.
Essays on politics, culture and gender dynamics from an Irish perspective, mixing literary references with commentary on online discourse and current events. Readers get opinionated, idiosyncratic analysis of how internet culture shapes status, masculinity and Irish political movements.
Long-form essays that use anthropology, especially van Gennep and Turner on liminality, to interpret modern culture, including therapists, comedians, and the internet as inheritors of older threshold roles. The writing is playful in framing but serious in argument, and it builds across a connected series.
A Substack from the founder of Sublime combining curated ideas with reflections on building human-centered products and a weekly interview series, Humanmaxxing, on thriving in the age of AI. Readers get edited interview transcripts with prominent tech writers and essays on measurement culture and creativity.
An independent digital magazine publishing reflective essays on ethics, technology and everyday life. Readers get wry, thoughtful long-form pieces that start from small observations and expand into larger questions.
A queer media newsletter offering weekly news roundups from the lesbian internet, plus original cultural analysis and a monthly playlist. Written by a full-time freelance journalist, with some content reserved for paid subscribers.
A personal blog-style newsletter of essays on curiosity, attention, creative practice and small technical discoveries. Readers get reflective, idiosyncratic writing alongside practical tips such as deep-linking into media and documents.
A personal blog of essays about the internet, technology and online culture, written in a first-person voice. Recent issues cover AI's effect on white-collar work, differences between TikTok and Reels recommendation algorithms, and cynicism in media.
A weekly newsletter of personal, essayistic writing that connects film to culture and the internet, from Tom Cruise's stardom to AI-driven flatness to screenwriter Andrew Kevin Walker. Readers also get occasional takes from other readers.
Essays on internet culture, online subcultures and AI-generated media, mixing first-person reporting with cultural analysis. Readers get original interpretive takes on phenomena like lolcows, AI fruit videos and the media's appetite for weird subcultures.
EX Research is a weekly-ish essay newsletter analysing internet culture through visual trend reports and longform commentary on games, memes, fandom and online aesthetics. Readers get sharp, witty takes on why culture feels samey and where cool actually comes from.
MEMORYDOLL is a personal essay newsletter that examines performance, online personas, and the myth of authenticity through culture, dating discourse, and gender online. Each issue combines first-person reflection with critical references to media theory, books, and internet trends.
A personal newsletter of essays and cultural commentary by a writer and musician, covering topics such as money, internet culture and creative inspiration. Issues mix confessional essays with an occasional podcast-style conversation about influences.
Personal essays and cultural criticism about virtual worlds such as VRChat, Second Life and Furcadia, covering art, fashion, music and the history behind them. Readers get first-person experience, art history context and practical experiments from a working virtual-world artist.
A Substack of autotheory and autofiction essays about girlhood and identity in the 21st century, mixing personal anecdote, cultural criticism and internet-era references. Readers get voice-driven, satirical personal writing that turns encounters and online culture into commentary on gender, race and selfhood.
A personal blog by Shruti George, revived in 2026, mixing humorous first-person essays on current events, tech and daily life. Recent issues cover the Odido data breach in the Netherlands, an old viral blog post about a Malayali on the Moon, and reflections on blogging.
A personal newsletter by a former professional journalist and music blogger, reflecting on the decline of the internet, algorithmic boredom, and the state of the media industry. It mixes personal essays with pointed critique of publishers and platforms.
Personal essays from founder Ryan Norbauer on work, happiness, and the psychological costs of entrepreneurship, alongside reflections on the early internet and retro-futurism. Readers get a reflective, literary take on the emotional side of running a luxury keyboard company and on how online culture has changed.
Essays on narrative strategy, creative process and artist-audience relationships, using case studies such as Amanda Palmer and arguments about genre and social media. It also includes a manifesto for building web spaces outside corporate platforms.
A personal newsletter from a writer and miniature artist who shares reflections on online culture, censorship and video essays, alongside updates about her books, zine and art. Issues mix candid personal essays about neurodivergence and daily life with promotional notes about her creative work.
A weekly opinion newsletter by S Peter Davis that offers satirical, left-leaning commentary on politics, internet culture and technology. Issues mix timely takes on the Trump administration with essays on how people argue and react online.
POW MAG is a music-focused publication running long-form essays on songs, artists and their cultural context, such as an analysis of Aphex Twin's TikTok resurgence and a profile of rapper Kurtis Blow. The excerpts show literate, opinionated writing with cultural observations, though the sample is short and some issues are brief stubs.
A personal culture newsletter from an Instagram and TikTok creator featuring essays, quarterly book roundups, and pop culture commentary. Readers get a witty, self-aware first-person take on literature and celebrity news.
Isabel Sterne writes personal essays on internet culture and identity, using her own career path and self-discovery as material. The sample issues explore how seemingly random choices can be intentional information gathering and how self-presentation works as a kind of service.
A personal, essay-style newsletter by Katherine that mixes cultural criticism of internet culture with notes on the writer's own life. Issues range from analysis of the NHL's BookTok marketing push to reflections on orality, voice interfaces and Walter Ong's work.
Mita Williams shares three links every other Saturday, each framed with a short personal essay about a thought-provoking web find, such as a Kevin Slavin video or a Julia Evans thread on library tech help. Readers get a warm, curious guide to unusual corners of the internet and ideas about technology, cities and teaching.
A Substack of sharp, profane commentary on how online culture and social media distort public debate, from viral outrage to holidays and news stories. Issues mix irreverent humor with pointed takes on current controversies and occasional deeper dives into history and media archives.
A personal parenting newsletter from a former NYC toy shop owner and mommy blogger about raising tweens and teens, mixing family anecdotes with commentary on viral internet moments and current events. Readers get a chatty, opinionated take on pop culture, social media and the school-age years.
A personal tech blog by a solo developer covering web creativity nostalgia, the React Native versus native debate for a mobile app, and the responsibility that comes with online content. Posts mix candid personal reflection with practical engineering thinking and light, self-deprecating humour.
A newsletter of personal essays and cultural commentary mixing humor with niche observations, from internet memes about yearning to a live Family Feud taping to the history of gossip columnist Walter Winchell. Readers get a quirky, voice-driven take on pop culture and media.
A personal newsletter of reflective essays and informal 'Freeflow' pieces on the author's life, activism, faith, and habits in Lubbock, Texas. Readers get candid first-person musings on community, personal growth, and the web.
The Orbit covers creative culture, design oddities and internet ephemera through nostalgic listicles, themed monthly dispatches and interviews with creative teams. Readers get playful cultural commentary on early internet animation, horror and technology, and brand-led creative projects.
Eli Schoop's Constantly Hating is a personal music and culture newsletter offering essays on hipster subculture, internet mysteries and playful song recommendations. Readers get witty, opinionated takes on underground and online music with pop-culture references and year-end style lists.
A comics creator's personal newsletter sharing slice-of-life updates, archive finds from his Incredible Doom mini-comics, and recommendations from early internet culture. Issues mix personal anecdotes with promotion of his own projects like a tabletop RPG campaign and print offers.
A personal blog with opinionated essays on technology, design, AI and the web, often built around a specific grievance. Readers get first-person commentary, including practical accounts of using AI coding agents and critiques of dark patterns and online advertising.
Butter Paper Magazine is an online cultural publication offering essayistic deep dives into film, fashion, music and internet culture with a candid, personal voice. Its issues mix first-person reflection on work, money and creative life with literary reflections on classic epics and short fiction.
Lucas Schiavini writes a personal newsletter about reclaiming a less performative, more analog relationship with the internet, including his Analog Reader project that bundles feeds into a fixed-length printed-style digest. Issues also include thoughtful, candid book reviews of sci-fi and fantasy titles such as Dune and Dunsany.
Infinite Scroll is a commentary newsletter on the politics of online life and the social internet, with weekly essays on reading, bot traffic, and internet culture. Its author announces a move to join The Argument as a staff writer, with subscribers carried over automatically.
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