Substacks recommended by Alisa Kennedy Jones

Recommended by Alisa Kennedy Jones

Redacted: What Divorced Women Aren't Telling You

By Steph Sprenger

An anonymous publication for divorced women to share their stories

The Metropolitan Review

The Metropolitan Review is a books and culture review magazine founded in 2025.

The Middle Book Club

By Gretchen

A community dedicated to reading books about women in the prime of life, the heroines juggling careers, families, and all the joys and challenges of these juicy middle years. ⁠Because main character energy doesn't have an expiration date.

How to Survive the Broligarchy

By Carole Cadwalladr

Girl power vs Tech bros

My Life in the Past

By Lucy Worsley

adventures with a British historian at large! a weekly update from historian and broadcaster Lucy Worsley

Coffee, Chaos, and Catharsis

By Lara Kulpa

Welcome to Coffee, Chaos, and Catharsis: Tales from a Gen X Mom in the Messy Middle. Musings on life, work, and creativity, too.

Because WHO doesn't need a well-timed catharsis? Am I right, ladies? 👑🔥❤️

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Marie Newman Studio Substack

Sharing ideas, observations, analysis & occasionally explainers around politics, women & leadership, mental health, entrepreneurship, economic inequity, and healthcare. Podcast: onceincollege.com

On the Outside

By Y.L. Wolfe

Adventuring, nesting, and raising hell in middle age. Welcome to my second act.

Chin Up Darling

By Mariska Nicholson

Stories + Poetry about trailblazing through the noise.

Phosis

By Susan Campbell

Conversation and Community for Women in Peri/Menopause

If you're navigating perimenopause or menopause and crave insightful discussions, Phosis is a must-subscribe. This newsletter isn't just about hot flashes; it's a supportive space where women share tips, experiences, and advice on sleep, nutrition, mental health, and more. Join this empowering community for a smoother menopausal journey.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

the best Heather Bartos

Midlife just got literary.

No Lifeguard on Duty

By Judith Kitzes

Travel, adventure, sustainability, embracing aging because it's going to happen. My drug of choice is travel, and if I'm not doing my own, I'm creating it for others. Jump in, the water's fine.

Just For Fun

By Francesca Bossert

Part poet, part mischief-maker, fully fluent in whimsy. Enjoy my new poetry book, ILLICIT CROISSANTS AT DAWN, or go on a wild romp in Ibiza with my romantic comedy, JUST LIKE A MOVIE. Both available on Amazon.

Messy Musings

By JS Hyder

Searching for glimmers. Tales and outpourings from my messy life.

She's Gone Chilaquiles

By Anna Schott

essays, memoir, food analogies

Crone Sandwich

By Catherine Newman

A weird newsletter about all the midlife things: kids, parents, food, sex, holidays, rage, and sweating at night, by the author of Waiting for Birdy and We All Want Impossible Things.

I LOVE this woman and her WRITING... she is a TRUE Empress!!! I'm so glad she's here!

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Writer Noise

By Cindy House

a newsletter by Cindy House

The Grieving Place

By Dina Bell-Laroche

A brave space for the bereaved and the broken-hearted to feel safe, seen, and supported.

Practically Deliberate with Abby Davisson

Actionable insights that lead to greater wellbeing, brought to you by my efforts to be intentional about everything (within reason)

Dear Gail

By Gail Forrest

Got Problems? Humourous resolutions found here from a standup/author/humor writer .Find the funny in your question with my answer. Laugh baby it's not that serious after all

Disability & Determination

By Jackie

Once upon a time there lived a disabled forty-something trying to maneuver mental health, relationships, a global pandemic, getting older, and day-to-day life. This is her story...

Girlfriends’s Substack

By Flesché & Jessica

Jessica and Flesché met in their 20s and danced their butts off in the clubs of San Francisco. Now they are middle-aged BFFs and recovering good-girls who host a podcast for women in midlife to laugh, vent, and thrive together.

The Shift With Sam Baker

By sam baker

Women don't vanish after 40. Who knew?! Amplifying and celebrating the voices of women in midlife and beyond by the former editor of Red, Cosmopolitan (and Just 17!)

Unfixed

By Kimberly Warner

When broken is the fix.

Her writing is riveting... you'll see every frame. It will mesmerize and frighten you and you won't be able to tear yourself away.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

The Pressures of Privilege

By Diana O

From Isolation to Impact: A surprisingly unboring guide to wealth, power, and purpose.

Call for Heroines

By Hey Heroine (It's LM)

For women ready to stop settling and start directing. Helping you find and follow your purpose with story-based tools that work. From confusion to clarity. From duty to desire. Choose your adventure. I'm coming too!

A Sassy Little Substack

By Sandra

Talking about creating and maintaining authentic happiness. Especially now. No toxic positivity allowed, but swearing is. Especially now! (Yes, it's possible to be happy in 2025. And it's needed! Let's do this!) New posts each Wednesday. xo

Good Humor

Humor essays, interviews with Funny AF Women and comedy videos from an empty nester mom still waiting for her kids to text her back.

Midlife Musings

By Kimberly Wilson

Reflections on bringing beauty, balance, and tranquility into our midlife journey.

My Renaissance Life

By Kim Van Bruggen

Explore reinvention, renewal, and growth with curiosity, humour, and a hint of attitude with a recovering CEO.

Because we are all in a constant renaissance...

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Drinks With Broads

By Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan

A Pop Culture Cocktail Served by the Fug Girls

Kittenesque

By Petra Khashoggi

Stories and observations on appearances, events, and culture by a former fashion model and art dealer. Vulnerability is my strong suit. Truth is my language.

The Literary Obsessive

By Eleanor Anstruther

A show case for my work, I stream fiction before it goes to print, publish essays & interviews, and champion indie lit fiction by increasing visibility, challenging stigma, and proving quality.

Womancake Magazine

By Alicia Dara

Slices of wisdom by women age 40+. Wildly inspiring interviews, personal essays, fiction, podcast episodes, poetry and visual art delivered right to your inbox.

Joyce Wadler

An occasional humor column, much like the one I did at The New York Times, which was called "I Was Misinformed". But now, the only gatekeeper is me. I hear I will let me get away with anything.

ChickLits

By Elyse Chambers

For women who love to read. Book picks from Napa Valley's coolest indie bookstore paired with characteristically good finds.

Adore her finds & perspective!

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Dispatches From The Shed

By Lyn Slater

Essays, Ideas, "Butterfly Thoughts", Vignettes, Experiments and more by Lyn Slater

The Villager

By Tom Cox

New writing on landscape, music, books, folklore, psychedelia, the natural world and other misty magical things outside the mainstream.

The Reclamation Era

By Steph Sprenger

The intersection of midlife, single motherhood, and neurodivergence

Saratonin

By Sara Benincasa

A delightful weekly newsletter that is sometimes hilarious, sometimes poignant & often full of useful recommendations & weirdly enchanting ideas

An honest comedic voice and author dedicated to figuring it out with the rest of us. Her tribute to Frederick Law Olmsted is a classic! Chef's kiss (M'wah!)

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

Beautiful Voyager

By Meredith Arthur

For overthinkers, people pleasers, and perfectionists

The Teachers Way

By Molly Moynahan

Molly Moynahan posts about teaching, writing, sobriety, parenting, culture, and living with grace and humor.

Mary Tabor "Only connect ..."

By <Mary L. Tabor>

The arts, books, movies, a course: Write it!, The Writing Life, (Re)Making Love: a memoir in serial chapters (fully up now), Who by Fire: a serial novel.

The Grudge Report

By Bess Kalb

Scribbling into the void!

Hotflash inc

By Hotflash Inc

When you sign up for Hotflash inc, you get a power tool that helps you navigate perimenopause, menopause and midlife, provided by a journalist with 30 years of experience in responsible health and science reporting who takes no sides.

Because she's the most rigorous journalist covering the midlife women's health beat--and she doesn't drink the Kool-Aid--ever.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

The Art of Enchantment, with Dr Sharon Blackie

New work from the award-winning author and psychologist. A gathering place for lovers of myth, fairy tales and depth psychology, exploring the mysteries of the psyche and reimagining women's stories.

Juvenescence with Leah McLaren

A newsletter by the journalist and author Leah McLaren. Weekly essays on life, love, the creative unconscious and the tragicomedy of being alive -- plus regular video interviews with writers.

The Long Middle

By Lisa Renee

Letters about life in the middle.

Beyond with Jane Ratcliffe

The internet’s most intimate, illuminating interviews with today’s greatest writers—get an in-depth look into the craft of writing and what it means to be a heart-centered human in a hard world.

Because she deep dives with radical empathy--a must-read for right now.

- Alisa Kennedy Jones

The Midst

Playing by our own rules, together.