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On (Rachel) Syme's Letter Writer & its many delights

Thirty Years of Beloved Gene Hackman Propaganda

Mansfield Park Rangers

A little more about Dame Margaret's new class + a TOASTIE guest appearance!

A Belated Introduction to Dawes

February 21, 2025

One of my favorite bands is in the spotlight and I have to take advantage

The New Joys of Old Media

February 19, 2025

Why spending a little time out of OUR time can be so refreshing

The Folklore of Football

February 8, 2025

Why *do* We Say Go Birds?

Weird Book Shelf: The Beautiful People

February 1, 2025

Marylin Bender: extremely prescient!

Obsessing About Obsessions

January 25, 2025

An ongoing examination

Fixing Our Hearts: Another David Lynch Tribute

January 19, 2025

Some best of David Lynch, according to me

What's Up, Doc? (Lesbians, Mostly)

January 11, 2025

Classic films and classic bookstore finds await you, Dames Nation!

What To Watch on AppleTV+ Freebie Weekend

January 2, 2025

Dame Sophie has -- wait for it -- enthusiastic and opinionated suggestions!

Should Auld Newsletter Issues Be Forgot...

December 31, 2024

Our favorite Two Bossy Dames essays of 2024

Serendipity & Janet Jackson

December 15, 2024

The PB&J of our times!

Dames Yahtzee: Persephone Books

December 7, 2024

A Tribute to One of Our Favorite Small Businesses

Going Platinum, Volume One

November 23, 2024

Revisiting Our Most Successful Recommendations

It Was Never Mine

November 16, 2024

On why "what's meant for you won't miss" isn't always an empty platitude...

November 9, 2024

Last Mile Weekend

November 3, 2024

LFG, friends!!!

On Learning and Hair

October 26, 2024

Hello, Dames Nationals! Here on the east coast, we are in the sweet spot of fall: the foliage is at its peak, the weather is crisp enough to demand a light...

Death and Elections

October 19, 2024

Not entirely as awful as you might imagine

Hating To Cook, Loving To Knit

October 4, 2024

A very domestic Two Bossy Dames 🧶

Bravery in (Collapsing) Context

October 2, 2024

Endorsing Can Be Brave-- Sometimes Refusing to Endorse is Even Braver.

Trailers, Tunes, and Traitors, Oh MY!

$ · September 30, 2024

Your September Subscriber Special!

Some Things That Are Helping

September 21, 2024

On Trying To Be Kind (If Not Necessarily Nice) To Myself

The Modern Limits of Royal Prerogative

September 14, 2024

On what Queens and YAS, KWEENS! have in common.

"Isn't Its Pointlessness Its Point?"

September 7, 2024

On Sylvia Smith's "Misadventures"

When Life's Pageant is Maybe a Little Too Rich

August 23, 2024

Experiencing & processing, always & forever

Scrolling, Doom and Otherwise

August 16, 2024

Like Sylvia Plath said, August...an odd, uneven time

The Midwestern Dad We Didn't Know We Needed

He just forwarded you a coupon for 25% off winter tires

Two Dames, One Story: "Four Friends, Two Marriages, One Affair — and a Shelf of Books Dissecting It”

Strap in for some truly ELITE rubbernecking, friends!

July 2024 Paid Subscribers AMA

$ · July 28, 2024

Another month, another special issue for our paid subscribers! This time, we’re answering questions from readers about career change, podcasts, our dream pop...

Cool (Songs) for the Summer

DO tell your mother, because these bops are for everyone.

It's Time For July Recommen-DAMES-tions!

$ · July 21, 2024

This month, it's an ASK US ANYTHING (WITHIN REASON!)

Towering Rage & Scathing Wit

The chocolate & peanut butter of our times

The Future May or May Not Be So Bright...

But we DO still need shades 😎

June Recommen-DAMES-tions

$ · June 30, 2024

Queer Treasures Galore!

A Practical Dames Nation Guide To Vacation

Your Best Tips & Tricks Welcome!

Some Middle Aged Pastimes 🏘️

And a very special Dames birthday!

Compulsory Heterosexuality and Its Discontents

Last week, I had the honor of discussing the new movie Am I OK? on NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour. Co-directed by Tig Notaro and her wife Stephanie Allynne,...

June #RecommenDAMEStions: Time to Vote!

$ · June 10, 2024

Hello, Beloved Paid Subscribers of Dames Nation! It’s time for your monthly paid subscriber content poll. This month, we come to you with two options: we’ll...

Promising Summer TV

A Wee Trip to the Trailer Park

Our Grrrls? They’re Rioting

A THREE DAMES PRODUCTION!

That was the May that waaaaassssss...

$ · May 27, 2024

It's time for your monthly dose of Recommen-DAMES-tions! 🤸

Ass-Out Pants: Who Wore Them Better?

A rerun from an internet that doesn't exist anymore

What We Talk About When We Talk About Steve Albini

Note that this is a very un-royal we here...

I've Fallen But I Did Get Up

Let's party and by party I mean lie back down again

April Recommen-DAMES-tions are here!

$ · April 30, 2024

Some Prose on Some Poetry

Our poets? They're tortured.

Dear Culture Diary

Some odds and ends and recommendations from Dame Sophie

April Recommen-DAMES-tions Coming Soon

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Vote now! 🗳️