Let's Not Be Trash

Independent analysis and commentary on politics, economics, media, and American culture—grounded in more than three decades of experience in finance.

Writing about things I love & the people and moments that have shaped me

i champion holiness & i write stuff.

Poetry Graveyard

Detroit Metro | Abstract Mixed Media Artist | Fiction + Poetry | Coffee Addict | Sneaker Lover | Love my art? DM to purchase.

Tuned In, get embodied, and celebrate life through the music, writing, and cosmologies.

How to fight "the man" and win

mom stuff & not quitting your dreams

A Caribbean woman rewriting the world through (speculative) fiction and opinion pieces. Fiction, food, and ramblings galore.

Film, TV and Culture critique through a Black feminist lens, from the pen of Brooke Obie.

A newsletter written by Reda Rountree, all about The Classic Murder Mystery — whodunits, twists and turns, with memorable detectives — in all its forms.

HFN is an inside look at the life, work, and lessons of a writer in her late 30s.

From a woman becoming herself. I am Nadia. 1985. Third culture human. Photographer. Writer. Cat mum. Theologian turned Atheist. I don't do the status quo and I question everything. Expect to be challenged. And the occasional poem.

Reflections from an ambitious Black Man. Husband. Caribbean-American. Dad x 3. Music and Memoir Lover. Writing my identities and unpacking life through personal stories.

Dispatches from one woman's life as a Western Muslim told through the lens of mental health, faith, and the multi-generational immigrant experience.

I write about applied spirituality and the beauty of quiet service as a mother of young children. I wear ugly shoes and enjoy flying paper planes with my kids.

You're not crazy, the world is.

My personal Substack

My public diary

Humor and personal essays from New Yorker and McSweeney's contributor Carlos Greaves

Where your favorite jaz(zy) poet comes to play. New and free in your inbox, at least once a month.

A first-time dad writes letters to his newborn son, Myles, every Monday, sharing the joy he didn't experience himself with the world. Inspired by Ta-Nehisi Coates' "Between the World and Me."

Writings on health, wellness, culture, history, and whatever else is holding my attention.

Sharing insights for how to win social justice advocacy campaigns.

A personal record of what I witnessed on my field reporting in the world and immigrant neighborhoods, and the quiet politics of how people survive systems built to break them.

Books, Politics, & More Imagination Hi, I'm Brea: a freelance writer with a B.A. in Political Science from Yale. My 1st book, ROOTED, explores Southern Black land ownership & reparations. My biography of Jazz Age nightclub owner, Bricktop, comes out '27

A disruption of ideas

James Beard award nominated writer. I write about everything, but mostly about food, and the end of the world.

Tókhel mitȟáwačhiŋ kiŋ owáglake. This is my personal Substack with my musings, stories from my life so far & opinions—all of which are mine alone & should not be projected on anyone else. Itaŋcan kin kiçi niunpi ni!

Learn how to make money writing online, navigate the digital publishing landscape, and join the creator economy! • Medium • Substack • Blogging • Newsletters • Digital Marketing

Watch a film career get built from scratch — process, craft, and the realities behind the work.

An open conversation about the life of the mind.

Musings on race, culture, sex, and the rather unique life of a thirty-something single Black woman/mother/accidental public-ish figure.

Olayemi Olurin exploring the issues facing us today

Welcome to Open Tabs — my corner of the internet where media critique meets original storytelling. Think of it as a running browser window into what I’m writing and what I can’t stop thinking about.