This newsletter publishes feminist commentary from a gender-critical perspective, focusing on sex-based rights, women's single-sex spaces, sport and legal recognition of gender identity, with many examples from Taiwan. Its issues mix opinion pieces with summaries of news reports and argue that women's protections are being eroded.
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Mona Eltahawy's newsletter offers personal essays, political commentary and book updates on feminism, fascism and resistance. Readers get a distinctly feminist reading of current events alongside literary responses to writers such as Ursula K. Le Guin.
Mary Harrington's Substack mixes personal dispatches from her travels and media appearances with essays on technology, reproduction, online culture and politics. Readers get a conservative-feminist perspective, with links to her podcasts, interviews and UnHerd pieces.
A Substack by feminist philosopher and writer Kate Manne covering misogyny, sexual violence and campus culture, mixing personal essays with interviews and commentary. Readers get first-person reflection tied to current events, including the Cornell Jane Doe case, alongside her wider journalism.
A weekly personal-essay newsletter on film, pop culture, food and the quirks of middle age. Each issue uses a current release or cultural moment, such as a new Jane Austen adaptation or a rewatch of Thelma & Louise, as a starting point for reflection and commentary.
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