Substacks recommended by Hotflash Inc

Recommended by Hotflash Inc

Your impartial, inside guide on restaurants in Dubai and my culinary travels. Exclusive FooDiva-curated dining experiences. Always celebrating homegrown concepts. By an award-winning, British-Greek-Cypriot food writer and resident of Dubai for 25 years.

Samantha is THE voice on food to follow.

- Hotflash Inc

Your Midlife Matters with Alana Kirk, the Midlife Coach

By Alana Kirk

You are part of a generation of women redefining midlife. Younger for longer we have unprecedented opportunities. But also unprecedented pressures. This newsletter is about helping you matter more in your own midlife.

THE EMPRESS

By The Empress

Exploring what it means to be a woman aging in the world while obsessively curating a less hellish peri/menopause... Between the mother & crone phases, there's a great deal of power in the messy middle—a dynamism that's highly generative and creative.

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By Miriam

A curated list of some of the most interesting things I've found on my corner of the internet

I first came across Miriam on TikTok and fell in love with her delivery and broad range of interests. I was thrilled when she launched her Substack. You will literally never be bored by this woman.

- Hotflash Inc

The Unspeakable with Meghan Daum

Home of The Unspeakable Podcast. Plus new writing from Meghan Daum!

The Flock with Jennifer Crichton

Modern life from a fiercely feminist perspective

Jennifer rounds up the news each week that I don't have time to get to. She's a great journalist with a global view.

- Hotflash Inc

The Lucyverse

By Lucy Sweet

Random and sweary reviews of (pretty much) everything

Heart of Menopause

By Clarissa Kristjansson

Empowering you in menopause. Mind, Body and Soul

Clarissa has such a realistic and open-minded view of this transition. It's about all the things that go into helping us through it, and going beyond the narrative. She is such an important voice in this conversation.

- Hotflash Inc

Lean Out with Tara Henley

A current affairs newsletter, focusing on heterodox writers and thinkers from around the world.

Tara is a Canadian journalist with her eyes wide open. For a measured, reasonable, realistic view on what's going on in Canada – what's actually happened to our government, media and more – she's one of the best.

- Hotflash Inc

Oldster Magazine

By Sari Botton

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

I love Sara's choice of writers – I never know what I'm going to get.

- Hotflash Inc

Freddie deBoer

cool but rude

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.

Dr Jen Gunter won't let anyone tell you menopause is a disease or a deficiency, and for that alone she gets my vote. In addition to being an expert, she's also a really good writer.

- Hotflash Inc

FEMINIST GIANT

By Mona Eltahawy

Global feminist resistance to patriarchal fuckery

Mona Eltahawy's newsletter is a must for any person interested in what is happening to our freedoms around the world, and her personal essays are some of the most powerful writing you will read.

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thePause Newsletter with Sheryl Kraft

By ThePauseNewsletter with Sheryl Kraft

An inclusive newsletter sharing, dishing and contemplating the evolving world of midlife women's health. We might not have all the answers, but we try to figure it out.

Sheryl has a great view into what is going on with our perimenopausal bodies, bringing us the latest looks at research and more.

- Hotflash Inc

The Shift

By Nika Talbot

Work in content? Get deep industry insights and interviews (and stay sane) with media strategist, writer, and digital entrepreneur Nika Talbot weekly.

Nina writes a really helpful newsletter for the intersection of writing, the digital world and entrepreneurship, which can be a lonely place for a lot of people. Her guidance is greatly appreciated.

- Hotflash Inc