Crying Out Loud

About the Substack

A journalist, a storyteller, an editor and artist. Writing about life as I know it ... funny, sad, infuriating, lovely, ironic, happy, poetic et al. Haunted by the paradoxes of life.

Free Subscription Benefits

  • Occasional public posts

Paid Subcription Benefits

  • Subscriber-only posts and full archive
  • Post comments and join the community

Paid Subscription Plans

  • $80 a year
  • $8 a month

About Judith Spitzer

Journalist, photographer, artist and storyteller, lover of good writing, box pleats, Cardigan Welsh Corgiโ€™s, women, and vintage. Iโ€™m here to share my thoughts, paths in life, my trauma, my courage, my laughable life, and to read about yours.

Is this your Substack? Submit changes.

Crying Out Loud's recommended Substacks

Melissaโ€™s Substack logo
Melissa Ludtke

Melissaโ€™s Substack

When ideas and issues grab me and won't let go, I write about them. If they are about girls and women and sports, especially baseball, all the better! My book, "Locker Room Talk: A Woman's Struggle to Get Inside," pops up every now and then.

The Privilege to Feel logo
Stephanie Land

The Privilege to Feel

Stephanie Land is the New York Times bestselling author of MAID and CLASS. She has the unexpected day job of a public speaker and continues to write about and advocate for survivors and people who parent under the poverty line.

100+
paid subscribers
10K+
free subscribers
Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette logo
Jeannine Ouellette

Writing in the Dark with Jeannine Ouellette

For people who do language. Writing saved my lifeโ€”so I teach writing as if it can save yours.

1000+
paid subscribers
18K+
free subscribers
Resurface logo
Tamzin

Resurface

A space to unlock & unblock your creative voice, by writer, artist and mentor Tamzin Merivale. โ€œYour newsletter is a gift of hope and transformation.โ€

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance  logo
Joyce Vance

Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance

Worried about the state of the republic? Get the legal knowledge & analysis you need to be an advocate for democracy, along with a dose of savvy optimism.

10K+
paid subscribers
606K+
free subscribers