Michael Hobbes writes about bad ideas, moral panics and misleading media narratives, with pieces on a podcast about pop nonfiction, the Depp-Heard trial, and critiques of New York Times editorials on 'cancel culture'. Readers get sharp, opinionated takes that dissect how popular stories get misrepresented.
Website: https://michaelhobbes.substack.com
Fansplaining publishes essays and cultural criticism about fandom, covering fan communities, fanfiction, and how media companies treat fans. Readers get historically grounded, well-researched pieces on subjects such as danmei translation disputes, Jane Austen fanfic, and Fortnite crossovers.
Weekly essays by author A.R. Moxon mixing political commentary with literary and pop-culture analysis, including a long-running serialized humorous reading of the TV show Lost. Issues take a pointed progressive stance on US politics, media ownership and culture.
A personal culture newsletter of essays and opinion on films, books, shows, music and the politics of beauty, identity and pop culture. Readers get a distinctive first-person voice, with one piece republished from Harper's Bazaar.
A writer-owned cooperative newsletter that publishes essays, criticism and first-person reporting from different contributors in each issue. Recent issues covered Nathan Fielder's documentary work and a reporter's account of infiltrating a white supremacist gathering in Kentucky in 2017.
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