Substacks recommended by Susie Bright’s Journal

Recommended by Susie Bright’s Journal

Subcultures, outliers, the view from the fringe. A mix of reporting, essay and memoir.

Thanks to Sanjiv, I have a thorough understanding of marathon monks, furries, and incel Tarot readers— he goes where other weird ones fear to tread. And somehow makes it seem like the most important thing I need to know this week.

- Susie Bright’s Journal

Twilight of Humanity: German Expressionist Poetry in English

By Oliver Sheppard

Twilight of Humanity—a journey through the poetry of German Expressionism in English, named for 1919's monumental Menschheitsdämmerung anthology of the movement's greatest poets. Besides poetry, we post & discuss Expressionist cinema & art, Weimar, &c.

The beauty of Sheppard’s archival photography and poetry is mouth-dropping. And all too timely . . .

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Self-Styled Siren

The musings of an old-movie lover

Farran Smith Nehme is one of my favorite all time movie critics. If you love the Criterion line, black and white, banned films, moments only in the camera… you will love her too.

- Susie Bright’s Journal

The Great God Pan Is Dead

By Robert Boyd

Art, literature, culture & Houston

Robert Boyd is from Australia, grew up in Houston and has incredible taste in avant garde art, found art, graffiti, and comix, comix, comix. I like learning something new from him every time.

- Susie Bright’s Journal

Good Little Garbage Girl

By Kate Bratskeir

A climate anxiety commiseration club

How could I resist the name of this blog? I want to be a GGG, too! This is about rude recycling, radical eco, and some snappy humility to boot.

- Susie Bright’s Journal

The.Ink

By The Ink

A newsletter on politics and culture, money and power -- telling the truth without fear -- from Anand Giridharadas

Anand is one of the journalists who was mentored in mainstream media who is doing the best work of his life as an indie on Stack. What an interviewer. Appreciate him every day.

- Susie Bright’s Journal

BIG by Matt Stoller

The history and politics of monopoly power.

Matt Stoller takes everything that’s big, bigger, and biggliest, and cuts it up into little crystals of monopoly-busting insight.

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