Joy Journeys

About the Substack

Being real about self-intimacy for easeful, loving, and intuitive living. In the essays and poetry you'll find here, I talk about queerness, emotions, magic, cool places in the world, and myself. Other things too :)

Free Subscription Benefits

  • My poetry + short essays, on queerness, magic, emotional energy, and more!

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Full community access! Comments open to share on our weekly poetry prompt + periodic chat threads
  • COMING SOON: My intimate & personal Love Letters, my new expression of rawness & vulnerability on creative Internet
  • COMING SOON: Periodic practicalities for emerging and exploring writers and poets

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $50 a year
  • $5 a month

About Jillian Joy

I'm a small-town 🇺🇸 girl who learned adult life in 🇮🇱, and now I'm becoming a queer Writer in Berlin 🏳️‍🌈 I'm figuring it out, but I want to make you smile along the way. I love words, intimacy, divinity, dogs, and tea. Welcome to my space 💖

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