Substacks recommended by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Recommended by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

The Nice Capades

By M Dabkowski

Mostly figure skating

Delightfully dishy figure-skating gossip and news.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Hidden Gems

By Lauren Kiehna

In-depth historical content and royal jewelry coverage from Lauren Kiehna, the writer and editor of The Court Jeweller

A Good Time with Casey Barber

a (mostly) weekly newsletter by food writer, artist, and creative strategist Casey Barber about how to make your life 🌟easier and more fun 🌟

Books, Beauty, and Bean

By Amina

My personal Substack

Voted Most Talkative

By Tyler McCall

It will positively shock you to learn that I was voted "Most Talkative" my senior year of high school. Here, you'll find an outlet for my thoughts on the fashion industry, recaps of GOSSIP GIRL, letters of recommendation, and more.

Notes from Amy Spalding

Book talk, writing advice, cat pics, snack recs.

Delightful, and full of writerly tips!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

The Squawk

By LaineyGossip

A LaineyGossip community for discerning gossips to squawk together and discuss all things pop culture.

OBVIOUSLY we are gonna recommend following Lainey Gossip's newsletter -- the one who started it all!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Big Salad

By Joanna Goddard

Life advice, fun recommendations, and dating gossip — from Joanna Goddard and the Cup of Jo team.

Of course!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

A_Concept Store

By Diana Tsui

A curated take on clothes, accessories, and design. Minimalist-ish and avant-garde. Never trend chasing.

Diana is so clever and a great stylist!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

SHUT UP EVAN: THE NEWSLETTER

By Evan Ross Katz

An ad-free space where we can cleanly unpack the messiness of pop culture - from cultural commentator, recovering theater kid and fashion columnist Evan Ross Katz.

So much fun -- and great interviews.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Hi Everyone with Hillary Kerr

Shopping suggestions + recommendations + occasional advice

Hillary is such a pleasure to read AND also this is a can't miss if you love shopping.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

SubMakk

By Rebecca Makkai

Rebecca Makkai's Substack: mostly writing and books! but also Zillow, true crime, etymology, food, general inanity

Rebecca Makkai is a brilliant author, and great broad.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Oh, Balloon

By Patti Greco

Essays and reporting on dementia and caregiving.

Patti chronicles being a caregiver for someone you love, with the right mix of humor and heart.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Girls of a Certain Age

By Kim France

Style advice, shopping picks, pop culture, and opinion for over-40 women and the over-40-curious, from former Sassy staffer and Lucky Magazine founding editor in chief Kim France.

It's Kim France! We'd follow her into a store full of sheer clothes -- THAT'S how much we love and respect her.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

La Briffe

By Ruth Reichl

A newsletter about cooking, eating and making life more delicious.

THE Ruth Reichl. Also, do you like vintage menus? She's got 'em and they're amazing.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Emma Straub's Newsletter

Bestselling novelist and bookstore owner Emma Straub has a lot to say, and this is where to read it.

The Long Game

By Molly Knight

Join our community of smart sports fans who also care about things other than sports. Debate is encouraged, trolling is not allowed.

Probably of particular interest if you are a fan of the Los Angeles Dodgers but Molly writes beautifully about baseball (and sports) in general.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Back Row

By Amy Odell

The fashion and culture newsletter that publishes what legacy media can't.

Amy is doing SUCH GOOD WORK covering the fashion industry in a way that magazines don't allow.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Ask E. Jean

By E. Jean Carroll

Tormented? Driven Witless? Whipsawed by Confusion? Ask E. Jean is the longest currently-running advice column in American publishing.

Obviously.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

What To Cook When You Don't Feel Like Cooking

By caro chambers

one ridiculously impressive complete-meal recipe delivered to your inbox every saturday morning that dirties minimal dishes and requires under an hour of time.

Keeping me fed and ALIVE! - J

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Hung Up

By hunter harris

A twice-weekly newsletter about movies, tv, and personal pop culture obsessions. Hung Up is essays, interviews, recommendations, reviews, gossip, line readings, love notes, cool stuff to share with your friends.

Hunter Harris is a comic genius, obviously.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

the smitten kitchen digest

By deb perelman

notes, updates, and seasonal cooking from the smitten kitchen

I can't imagine anyone NEEDS to be pointed in Deb's direction, but she is the best, the gold standard of food bloggers, and her newsletter is a tasty treat too.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

The Department of Salad: Official Bulletin

By Emily Nunn

Step into our salad laboratory. We got your leafy greens, your grains, your veg, and protein. Plus: salady guests, salady books & recipes, recipes, recipes 🥗

You cannot have too many delicious salad recipes, no??? This newsletter is also beautifully written.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

The Jasmine Guillory Newsletter

By Jasmine Guillory

Books and pie, lipstick and cake, and more

EXCUSE ME but Jasmine is the best. Her newsletter will absolutely make you hungry.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Liza Palmer’s Newsletter

By A newsletter of good things

🤩stuff to watch, read and listen to 🤝great follows on social media 🥑good food and great places to eat and drink 🌈 music to soothe 🕯calming things

This is the most soothing newsletter of the month! - J

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

We Have Notes

By Abby Gardner

A space for the pop culture obsessed and the people who love them—oft with a Gen X twist ✨.

Abby, whom we met through... GFY? Twitter? Fashion Week? All of the above?... is a good friend and one of our pop culture soulmates -- we love fashion and sports and soaps and all those things together. And listen, if you're into Harry Styles, she's your girl.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Brilliant professor who contextualizes today's politics through the lens of history. Invaluable.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

With Hitha

By Hitha Palepu

A weekly digest of advice, recommendations, and reads from multi-hyphenate Hitha Palepu

They ARE smart reads!!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Things I Buy As A Civilian

By Amber Katz

I've tested thousands of products in nearly two decades of beauty writing and blogging. Eighty percent are aggressively medium, 10% are actively bad—and 10% are AMAZING. This Substack is all about that latter 10% I buy with my American dollars.

We all like to buy things!!! Especially beauty products!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Dearest

By Monica McLaughlin

History and gossip about cool stuff at auction, with an emphasis on antique jewelry (but also lots of weird)

Because you love estate jewelry!!!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Evil Witches Newsletter

By Claire Zulkey

We are people who happen to be mothers.

Funny and introspective all at once. As Claire says, "We can't complain about this job if we can't complain about it, laugh about it, and question it." Recent ones include "You Deserve to Feel Fine About Your Pelvic Floor" and "You're Not a Bad Mom If You Want to Sleep," but there's also anecdotes and interviews with experts on, say, how to handle body image with kids -- their own, or their opinions of others ("When Your Kid Says a Heartbreaking Thing to You About Their Body," for example). -H

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

bitches gotta eat!

By samantha irby

judge mathis recaps + occasional sad garbage

Excuse me, but Sam Irby is possibly the funniest person ALIVE and her recaps of Judge Mathis are brilliant.

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Culture Study

By Anne Helen Petersen

Think more about the culture that surrounds you

Always read Anne Helen Petersen!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

twobossydames

By Dame Margaret

In which Margaret & Sophie & Karen boss the Internet with impeccable discernment & insouciant charm. Cultural recommendations & commentary every Friday evening.

Broads and dames are natural allies!

- Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

Drinks With Broads

Recommended by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan