Humans crave stories — and the feminist writers of Substack know exactly how to make them sting, sparkle, and stay in your head. No apologies. No tidy arcs. Just the parts we usually whisper.
I'm a happily aging kid raised in the 1960s. I write memoir, work as a graphic designer, perform in story slams. Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam! and The Next Write Thing. And I'll make YOUR stack look great!
Amy Bee writes & tells true stories onstage about anxiety, identity & doing things anyway, despite a strong, ongoing preference to cocoon under a blanket in her hidey-hole. Hoo-boy. This might go terribly, indeed. Come watch!
I believe that words can be bridges bringing us to one another. If you're like me and like to dig deeper into ourselves, go beyond the surface of things, and think about our place in all of this, then you'll find a home here.
Essays about my formerly dysfunctional life, the family I came from and how I recovered. It's funny, sometimes a bit dark, and very, very real.
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