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Nancy Reddy's avatar

This is such an interesting look into your process, Virginia! Thanks for sharing. Re paid subscriptions: for me, I pay for subscriptions for people like you (and Lyz Lenz and Anne Helen Petersen, to give just a couple examples!) who are doing really valuable, unique content, and for whom that's really a big chunk of their business. I think you've done a really good job articulating why your work is important and is harder to publish or faces editorial interference in legacy media channels. So it's quality of the overall work that leads me to a paid subscription, not *stuff,* if that makes sense.

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Bethany Brookshire's avatar

Ok I'm just here for a newsletter suggestion based on something that made me rage last night: A big thing on TikTok of PET WEIGHT LOSS POSTS. like look at this poor cat, she came into the shelter she's so big, how could her owners abuse her this way, we're gonna put her on a diet and help her, TAKE HER AS YOUR INSPIRATION! These posts have everything, look this poor dog can't play, her weight is a form of abuse. Look at this dog/cat working so hard, they are so GOOD. Look at their progress! I've seen it for cats and dogs. Holding out for some chonky snek to make the rounds.

When I saw "let this be in inspo for your 2023 journey" I literally screamed in rage. Now I can't even look at a CAT?!

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