The Update: September 2024
All the good and new things from this month!
Friends! I’m switching up The Update this month to make it even more quick and bingeable. Do you love it? Hate it? AM I NOT ALLOWING YOU TO EXIST IN THE CONTEXT OR IS THIS WHAT OUR BROKEN ATTENTION SPANS NEED?
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Last week was the 7 year anniversary of my viral article “Women Aren’t Nags We’re Just Fed Up” in Harper’s Bazaar. Give her a read for old times’ sake.
September Book Club with Melissa Petro for her new book Shame on You: How to Be a Woman in the Age of Mortification
Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward was featured in this TIME magazine article on Kamala Harris’ Good Vibes Only Campaign.
My 1:1 writing coaching technically closed for the year, but my schedule changes have opened up one bi-weekly spot if you’re interested in working with me before the end of the year!
Upcoming Events
Magazine Writing 101 starts October 14th! Learn how to create a rock-solid pitch, how to become an editor’s go-to writer, and how to use your portfolio to launch your book proposal into the world.
Plus: homework, resources, and sessions with a variety of successful freelancers including
, , Katherine Reynolds, and Kelly Burch.
Book Club is this Friday, October 4th with author of The Resilience Myth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma as well as Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger.
Links & Recs
I shared a scene from the purity culture chapter of No One Loves An Angry Woman this week.
Touched Out by
came out in paperback this month! I loved her interview with on her Substack .This is my absolute favorite fall soup recipe. I shared it last year and I’m sharing it again because I’m a creature of habit.
I’m a tea drinker exclusively, and this black tea from Trader Joe’s is legit some of the best I’ve ever had.
In times of anxiety for one of my kids, we often turn to this 6-minute meditation on Insight Timer to wind down before bedtime.
I look forward to sharing my experience transitioning from a full-time freelancer to an author in @GemmaHartley's upcoming Magazine Writing 101 class.
Congrats on this Time placement!