Substacks recommended by Let's Not Be Trash

Recommended by Let's Not Be Trash

The Honest Virgin

By Shanisha

i champion holiness & i write stuff.

I really appreciate the sisters honesty in these post, I think we can all take a little from it.

- Let's Not Be Trash

Ugly Shoes & Paper Planes

By Sadia

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.

Feels Like Home

By Alex Lewis

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

Bianca Peart's Journey

My personal Substack

Tuned In with LySaundra Janeé

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

This is an easy and fun read that gives you a little bit of everything.

- Let's Not Be Trash

Signal Break

By Rynn & Ravi

A disruption of ideas

Sifr.

By Shaniyat Turani

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.

Shades of Greaves

By Carlos Greaves

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

Consume, The Blog

By NJ Fiction

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

Only Murders In The Inbox

By Reda Rountree (she/her)

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

Pitch Rejects!

By Brea Baker

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

Letters from a Muslim Woman

By Noha Beshir

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

The Gameplan

By Janos Marton

Sharing insights for how to win social justice advocacy campaigns.

JASPER, a black pansy mag

By Jasper

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

I read this stack more than any other and really love it.

- Let's Not Be Trash

The Journeyman

By Marlon Weems

A newsletter focused on the intersection of American culture, politics, and growing up Black in the South.

Parker Street

By Julia Craven

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

abstract alex.

By alex b.

The Epitaph

By Nylah Iqbal Muhammad

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

The Noble Try

By Isabel Cowles Murphy // TNT

mom's search for meaning

Black Girl Watching

By Brooke Obie

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

Jamilah's Newsletter Blog

By jamilah lemieux

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

Mental Hellth

By P.E. Moskowitz

You're not crazy, the world is.

Blogging Guide

By Casey Botticello

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

Life Letters

By Nadia Meli

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.

Sensing Thinking Male

By James S. Walker

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.

Here for Now

By Alex Elle

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

Raising Myles

By Marc Typo

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."

Unlocked: BIPOC Reads

By Locked In

Highlighting BIPOC writers and content creators, from the organizers of Locked In.

Open Tabs

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.

How I Made a Movie Without Going to Film School

By Kerra Bolton

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

olurinatti

By Olayemi Olurin

Olayemi Olurin exploring the issues facing us today

One of the best writers on this platform. You will always get top tier content from her.

- Let's Not Be Trash

Auntie Mavis’ Musings

By Amelia Mavis Christnot

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!

Inner Life

By Joshua Doležal

An open conversation about the life of the mind.

Be The Revolution

By Jay Ponti

How to fight "the man" and win

Politically Invisible Asians

By Winnie Kong