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Recommended by Jodi Sh. Doff

Need help coming up with a logo? A wordmark? A cover image? Flummoxed by the tech? Do you want to brand your stack? Need a tour around the backend of your newsletter and help setting it up? I do it all!

I'm a DIYer, but after struggling to customize Substack’s wordmark, I finally got smart and turned to Nan at StyleYourStack. Nan has the tech skills, design experience, and the ability to create a big impact and with minimalist aura. She wrangled my wordmark and helped with my logo. Next time, I’ll save myself the aggravation and head to her first.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

What Comes Next?

By Abigail Thomas

Something odd will cross my mind, or a memory will catch me off guard, or my monkey mind will swing from the ceiling fan, or a tiny ant will crawl up the bookcase next to my chair. Then I get curious and curiosity is the first step in an unknown direction

Because Abigail Thomas. You shouldn't need any other reason.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Can I Do It Alone?

By Sue Fagalde Lick

I'm what some call an elder orphan. Widowed, no kids, no family nearby. Can I carry on alone? Yes, I can, and so can you. In this substack, I will share what I have learned about living and thriving solo.

The answer is you can if you want to, but you don't have to. Life when you find yourself grown, childless and suddenly single.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

The Disabled Ginger

By Broadwaybabyto

A place to learn about disability rights, being chronically ill during a pandemic and how to cope with losing your health & independence.

Speaking truth to power about the healthcare and medical industries, particularly for anyone with a chronic illness

- Jodi Sh. Doff

The Next Write Thing

By Nan Tepper

Personal essays by Nan Tepper about life, childhood, being queer, navigating mental health, and recovery. I'm sharing the stories I've always wanted to tell.

Peeling the layers of the onion to self-discovery and acceptance.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Picos Gêmeos

By Ollie

"Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it. Don't wait for it. Just let it happen. It could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot black coffee." - Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks

Everything he writes feels like poetry, but without the annoying rhyming and couplets

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Carer Mentor: Empathy & Inspiration

By Carer Mentor by Victoria Chin

Heartfelt empathy for Caregivers. A hub of practical tools, resources, and expert insights. A portal of hope.

An in-depth resource for those of us in the caregiver role, at whatever stage.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

The End of My Career

By Joel Stein

How to have a midlife crisis without leaving your house

Smart, clever commentary on current events. He says what I think in a less offensive way.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Frisson for Freaks

By Sanna Salanimi

Autism: Diagnosed as an Adult. Sexy: YES!!

Negotiating intimacy and life without a filter.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Shalom Auslander's Fetal Position

"Just to spite the world, don’t cry! Just to spite the world, only laugh, only laugh!" - Sholom Aleichem. Amen, Brother.

Funny as fuck. Smart as a whip.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Too Old For This Sh*t

By JULIA HUBBEL

You're Way Too Old to Say You're Too Old for your last third. This is your time, the best time, and let's discover why. Above all, let's share the best ideas for how to enjoy and thrive. The best adventure is to age well. Let's play!

Because the best part of aging is the lack of shits left to give

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Open Secrets Magazine

Open Secrets is an online magazine for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we're taught to keep "secret." Contact Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel at opensecretsmag at gmail.com

Personal essays, because RKB pulls together the best writers.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Elizabeth Grey Writes

By elizabeth grey

Scratching away at the experience of being human.

Sober we learn to see who we were before with compassion and humor. Without that, you're just sober horse thief. #notahorsethief

- Jodi Sh. Doff

The Privilege to Feel

By Stephanie Land

Stephanie Land is the New York Times bestselling author of MAID and CLASS. She has the unexpected day job of a public speaker and continues to write about and advocate for survivors and people who parent under the poverty line.

Another truth teller, who does not suffer fools or skirt issues, but has a heart the size of a buffalo.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Jo Weldon: A Whore To Culture

Exploring intersections of SW, sexy work, fashion, politics, and culture.

Jo Weldon is an artist. an academic. a force of nature & her research into the history of & experience in sex work is unflinching

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

Exploring what it means to travel through time in a human body, at every phase of life.

Enjoy whatever age you are. There's only one alternative to getting older; it doesn't have a lot of great selling points. You ain't getting any younger, no matter what age you are now.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

The Vajenda

By Dr. Jen Gunter

Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.

If your lady parts could speak and educate you they would. Here, they do.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

AnnaGrams

By Anna Pulley

On creativity, hope, and living life on your own terms. Plus, free romance/erotica, poetry, and links that make you smile or make you think.

Funny. Queer. Kinda deaf. Really smart. Willing to be vulnerable. And she gives the best sex advice.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

The Small Bow

Recovery stories for everyone. "The Small Bow is not just for those in recovery. Lots of stories with a huge heart that manages to be hilarious and easy while making you question everything you were certain of about yourself.” – Esquire

sober. honest. thoroughly enjoyable. Understands that having sober sex and enjoying sober sex are two different things.

- Jodi Sh. Doff

Memoir Land

By Memoir Monday

Four verticals edited by Sari Botton: MEMOIR MONDAY, collab w/ Granta, Narratively, The Rumpus, Orion, The Walrus, Electric Lit, LitHub, Oldster; FIRST PERSON SINGULAR original essays; THE LIT LAB interviews + craft; GOODBYE TO ALL THAT, NYC stories.

Memoir is my favorite genre, if it's yours too, you'll love the short pieces found here.

- Jodi Sh. Doff