Lean Not On Your Own Understanding
You Can Borrow Ours Instead!
October Livetweet Announcement
Out of Sight!
Compliments & Complements
Hoo boy, Dames Nation. It’s a bummer of a week out there. To deal with the rampant grimness in our national discourse, we’re elevating our newest ~*GUEST...
Jairs & Other Mysteries of Life
Cut to: YOUR DAMES, ARMS TRIUMPHANTLY RAISED ABOVE OUR HEADS, ABOUT TO LEAP OFF THE ROOF OF A SMALL SUBURBAN HOME. “THE FACT CHECKERS OF YOUR MAGAZINE...
To All The Dames We've Loved Before (And Still Love Now)
Just today, Crazy Rich Asians— a movie more than one producer wanted to white-wash—hit $100 million in domestic box office ticket sales, the most any comedy...
Freaky Friday 2: Still Freakin'
Freak Me Baby, One More Time!
We Say A Little Prayer For You
Dear Sustaining Members of Dames Nation: Thanks always for keeping us in minks, and welcome to August’s paid-subscriber exclusive issue of TBD! We are...
Coming Attractions!
Hello, entirety of Dames Nation! As tonight’s issue of the newsletter is a paid-subscriber exclusive, we wanted to share two important reminders in a...
Miserable McMansions, Turning Tables, & A Plethora of Posters
We open with this gif for a number of reasons. First off, we do so because, really, is there ever a bad time to watch Robyn dance? We posit that there is...
Two Sick Glamourpusses
Rule One of chronic illness: ask for help when you need it This week, Dame Margaret is off enjoying a lovely lake-based vacation in Minnesota, so our...
A Heart To Heart With Your Guest Dames
Kelly and Samantha celebrating the latter’s 25th birthday in 2008 Kelly Davis and Samantha Powell met 17 Septembers ago while freshmen in college. Back then...
Muppets, Spirits, & Other Very Special Guests
Greetings, Dames Nationals! We are opening this week’s issue by posing a very thorny question to you. Namely: Cory Taylor@CoryjTaylorYou can replace the cast...
Shoe Bros, Rosé Petals, & Other Petite Joys
Oh Dameslings, do we have a treat for you in the opener this week. It’s a story so pure it’s left us entirely this gif for days: It’s the story of two men...
More Links Than Is Strictly Reasonable
O, PRAISE VALKYRIE! THE ARCHIVES OF TOAST ARE BACK ONLINE AGAIN! In honor of this momentous occasion (and rarely has a week demanded it more), we recommend...
Joel Embeatitudes & Harryographers
DAMES NATIONALS! While much of the world continues to be abject in its wretchedness, we want to open up this week’s letter with one small, true, good thing....
I Stan A Legend of The Joyful Jet Engine
(Or: Dame Sophie Gets Religion, Sort Of, At A Harry Styles Concert)
Paid Subscribers: Ask Your Dames!
HI SUSTAINING MEMBERS OF DAMES NATION! Do you have a question that We Your Dames can help you with?? Then it’s your lucky week! We are planning to make our...
Raccoon Naps & Tunes for All Time
Hi friends. This week has left your Dames feeling like we’ve accidentally stress-scaled 23 stories of a 25 story building, and need to take a quick nap here...
Empty Tanks, Full Hearts
Hi, friends. This week, the suicides of both Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain have left us a little too emotionally drained to gif. In the coming week, we’ll...
Babes of Summer
Hello Dames Nation! 🌞😎🌞 We are Alice Bolin and Emily Jones, writers and pals with a mutual interest in pop jams, vintage MTV from circa 1999, and obscure...