Two Bossy Dames

Pop Culture Care Package: Laurie Colwin

April 30, 2020

Maybe you don’t know what you’re doing. Welcome to the club! This is where we build some quality mallet-striking confidence that would make Julia herself...

Maybe I’ll Slide Into Your DMs...

April 25, 2020

Greetings Dames Nation from Norwich, England and Brooklyn, New York! We are Emma Fraser and Fawnia Soo Hoo, two freelance writers, TV (and film) fanatics and...

Embrace Your Inner Dickhead

April 21, 2020

Hello beloveds. I open with the following, as it’s surely the most important thing on the internet today: Nerd Girl Says @Rachael_ConradMay this video of...

Sleep Here Good, Thankszzzzzz

April 18, 2020

pass the pillow & blankie

Pop Culture Care Package: Toys Go Out

April 16, 2020

Better Than Toy Story (yeah, I said it!)

Well, It Was Bound To Happen Eventually

April 15, 2020

Please join me in appreciating the following informational broadcast: Todd Meany @toddmeanyNeed to know, here it is #WhatDayIsIt 11:37 AM ∙ Apr 14,...

Love Would Never Do Without You

April 11, 2020

Yes, you!

Pop Culture Care Package: Make 'Em Laugh

April 8, 2020

About 90% of the #content I’m able to engage with right now falls into one of two modes: High Intensity Narratives Totally Separate From This Particular...

Two Bossy Dames: Distant Communion

April 7, 2020

Hello, friends. I am officially over being socially distant AND YET we could have months more of this ahead of us. We Are All Javert Now. I am extremely...

Ain't No Sunshine

April 4, 2020

Well, folks, it’s the end of another week that chewed up our hearts and then spat them back out. We were both completely wrecked by the news that Adam...

Pop Culture Care Package: Sleep Hygiene

April 2, 2020

This is bad advice we should not follow! Oh, wait, what’s that? Reverse psychology, you say???? Hi, I’m Sophie & I struggle with insomnia on a good day! I...

Pop Culture Care Package: Making Lemonade

March 31, 2020

Only as I was writing up this email did I realize that two of the three things I am going to recommend within it are from TheNew York Times. I swear this...

Pop Culture Care Package Pt. 17: A Stroll Down Memory Lane

March 30, 2020

Things we've loved & shared this week, 2015-2019

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 16: Phone-a-Friend

March 29, 2020

Today’s newsletter is three things: a recommendation, a personal news bulletin, and a newsletter scheduling announcement. First: The Recommendation Which is...

Pop Culture Care Package #15: Good Sports

March 28, 2020

AK & Sean are pure delights

Pop Culture Care Package Pt. 14: Letterkenny

March 27, 2020

Pitter patter, boys

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 13: Holmesian Affectations

March 26, 2020

Like many people, detective stories have always been a huge source of comfort for me. And while these days, my comfort crime nearly always consists of Golden...

Pop Culture Care Package Pt. 12: Discworld

March 25, 2020

Specifically, Young Witch Tiffany Aching

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 11: Cooking In The Time Of Covid-19

March 23, 2020

So you’ve got seven pounds of beans...now what?

Pop Culture Care Package Pt. 10: Reading Aloud

March 23, 2020

Because grown-ups need storytime, too!

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 9

March 21, 2020

Brief, But Flawless

Pop Culture Care Package Pt. 8: Playing House and a Live-Tweet!

March 21, 2020

FRIENDS! WE MADE IT TO TODAY!!

A Simple Chat Thread

March 20, 2020

This space is provided for you, our beloved Dames Nationals, to kvell over Blake Lively’s many stellar looks or debate whether the film’s end has too many...

Pop Culture Care Package Pt.6 (I Mean 7): Mutual Aid!

March 20, 2020

Listen, I didn't major in math, it's fine

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 6

March 18, 2020

Books and Music, Very Consciously Paired

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 5

March 17, 2020

Upsetting, yet exuberant?

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 4

March 16, 2020

Board Game Bonanza!

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 3 Again

March 16, 2020

Challah at ya girl, now with CORRECT ingredient measurements!

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 2

March 14, 2020

I could try, but there’s no way I could sum up today’s recommendation better than the marvelous Joel Kim Booster did: Joel Kim Booster @ihatejoelkimUnder...

Pop Culture Care Package, Pt. 1

March 14, 2020

Dames Nation, COVID-19 is prompting us to do something different this week: rather than write one big issue, we’re going to produce brief daily issues with a...

Wrung Out, In Brief

March 7, 2020

Dames Nation, we are living in a truly extraordinary age for Internet Forensics. Political reporter Ashley Feinberg has given us so many gifts — James...

We Are Naught But Doilies for Jake Lacy

$ · February 29, 2020

(No, I do not know what that means, and frankly I'm offended you would even ask)

If We Love You Then We Love You Too Much

February 22, 2020

Enter to win: Our Guest Editors’ Books! Questions women asked themselves both in the 19th century and today! Our wonderful Guest Dames, in addition to being...

To All The Boys 2 Open Thread!

February 16, 2020

Hello, Dames Nationals! We hope you’re ready to (1) encounter the world’s most Instagrammable nursing home and (2) answer the all-important question:...

Love Is Strange And So Are We

February 15, 2020

Look, Dames Nation. We could hide it from you, but we have to live in our truth: we are trash for Wes Anderson movies. Live footage of Your Dames preparing...

Bossy Shouting: Bad Bad Hats

February 12, 2020

A midweek treat for you, Dames Nation! I was lucky enough to catch and advance screening of To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You last week and it left me...

Great Gowns, Beautiful Gowns

February 8, 2020

You know who never lets us down, Dame Nation? Carly Rae Jepsen, that’s who. Not content with producing one absolutely immortal breakup bop, one week before...

Bad Winks and Good Dogs

February 1, 2020

Hello, Dame-imals! It is practically a national holiday for We Your Dames as Kesha’s new album came out today! It’s honestly kind of reassuring that Kesha is...

Dames On Fire

$ · January 25, 2020

You spin us right round, Dames Nationals <3 Courtesy of Netflix’s marketing department, we have joy to share with you! The trailer for To All The Boys I’ve...

NEW: We Your Dames, Collectively and Individually

January 22, 2020

Hello, loyal readers! We come to announce a fun change that Substack’s continued development has brought about: tools for team-authored newsletters! Now all...

Bossy Spotlight: Dame Margaret Shouts About Basia Bulat & Other Canadian Favs

January 21, 2020

This is the only gif of Basia I could find but ALSO completely adorable SO?Basia Bulat is one of my very favorite, too-little-known Canadian musicians. As it...

Livetweet Thread: If Beale Street Could Talk

January 19, 2020

Hello, Darling Dames Nationals!At 7:30pm ET we’ll convene to watch & chat about If Beale Street Could Talk! Join us for an evening of commentary on the...

Bossy Spotlight: Book To Film Adaptations

January 18, 2020

Oh Dames Nation, do we have a corker for you. True whether you’re composing lyrics for an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical *or* determined to get the last word on...

Win Books: One Day More!

January 12, 2020

Good news, Dames Nation! You have until midnight tonight to enter to win copies of Miranda Popkey and Zan Romanoff’s new books. Their publishers have...

is this the week we run out of titles?

January 11, 2020

The Sussexes Pull A Katie Holmes, Maybe This Newsletter Is Rooting For Them, OBVIOUSLY Their Royal Highnesses the Duke & Duchess of Sussex are consciously...

Bodies, Brains, and the Maintenance Thereof

January 4, 2020

Hello, Dames Nation! Perhaps you remember us from the last time we did this. We are Zan and Miranda, best friends and writers who each have a novel coming...

You're Our Gift This Year

$ · December 21, 2019

We brought you something from far away, Dames Nation! Hugs this long should only happen between platonic newsletter co-editors who tragically live in...

Your Dames' Favorite Things

December 21, 2019

Hello, Subscribers of Dames Nation! Tonight, Your Dames are sending out our last email of the year, and it is going to be a premium issue. In it, we’ll be...

Maximalist E*MO*TION

December 14, 2019

Dames Nationals, this will be a shorter than usual issue. Dame Sophie had to take last minute (non-emergency!) medical leave, so Dame Margaret is flying...

Breakup Songs I have Earned, One Love Song I've Lost, and One I Can Always Keep

December 10, 2019

Yes, friends: more breakup content. I am doing okay— shockingly well, in fact, given the particulars of this split— but it’s still preoccupying my thoughts...