Substacks recommended by Melanie McLeod

Recommended by Melanie McLeod

As a poet, performer, and lover of yoga, I am here to help guide us through the wilderness of our times using the power of poetry and embodied presence. My Substack features poems from my evolving yoga poetry collection A Poem for Every Pose.

The Second Bloom 🥀🌹

By Desiree Brown-Quilty

Helping women over 50 bridge the gap between knowing what to do and actually doing it with real-world examples of women who have already done it, motivation, and mindset tools.

Motivationally inspirational

- Melanie McLeod

Hallelujah Anyway

By Anne Lamott

Mostly WD-40 and duct tape

My number one human and writer.

- Melanie McLeod

SHERO

By Amee Vanderpool

News that connects the legal and political dots for issues that impact women, but affect everyone.

Best American political writer out there with white wine and cat at hand.

- Melanie McLeod

Audacious Creative Lives

By Anne Boyd

Inspiration for living boldly and more creatively

Matriarchal Blessing

By Celeste Davis

Catharsis for your feminist awakening.

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Abortion, Every Day

By Jessica Valenti

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

Otis Twelve Redux Substack

As the sun sets in the West... (my left, your right)... on the far side of the hill where the Chianti grapes grow... I muse, opine and obfuscate about love, life, baseball, politics, and various metal alloys. A grateful old man glad to be an old man.

Award-winning rockstar radio host 40+ years and writer of one of my favorite books, Tales of the Master. He's a gem.

- Melanie McLeod

Gavin Newsom's Substack

Husband to Jen Siebel Newsom and father. 40th Governor of California. Host of podcast This is Gavin Newsom.

Pete Buttigieg's Substack

Husband, dad, veteran, writer, and proud Midwesterner. 19th US Secretary of Transportation and former Mayor of South Bend.

let in the light

Survival Illustrated

By Jessica Wildfire

Illustrated survival guides.

I have to remember to pee before I read Jessica, otherwise, there's trouble.

- Melanie McLeod

TRANSFORM with Marianne Williamson

Transform yourself, transform the world.

"Go, Marianne!" I've been shouting this since 1995.

- Melanie McLeod

GenXcellent

By Liz LaPoint

A Pop Culture Deep Dive Into Growing Up Gen X

Excellent, vivid, recall-writing. Ah, the memories...

- Melanie McLeod

Words and Pictures by Pamela Leavey

Hello Readers! I am a Creative Writer & Photographer. I post my Poetry, Personal and Photo Essays, Daily Affirmations, Quotes of the Day and more, all to Inspire and Enlighten my readers. My posts are digital collages encompassing the world around me.

Men Yell at Me

By lyz

Written from a journalist in a red state, this newsletter is personal, political, sometimes funny and always raises hell.

Lyz is a younger version of myself. Love her writing and content headings. Great profile art! The best.

- Melanie McLeod