Reposted by Jillian Anthony
“You should be setting rejection goals” by @jilliana.bsky.social for @vox.com plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
April 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
“You should be setting rejection goals” by @jilliana.bsky.social for @vox.com plus more of what we're reading this week: behavioralscientist.org/what-were-re...
In this week's Cruel Compendium:
The writer's holiday survival guide, abandoning email, the No Gift guide, how war sells serum to women, the importance of the personal essay, and much more. ✨
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/cruel-comp...
The writer's holiday survival guide, abandoning email, the No Gift guide, how war sells serum to women, the importance of the personal essay, and much more. ✨
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/cruel-comp...
Cruel Compendium #64 💭
No gifts, no email, no brain November
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
November 30, 2023 at 2:01 PM
In this week's Cruel Compendium:
The writer's holiday survival guide, abandoning email, the No Gift guide, how war sells serum to women, the importance of the personal essay, and much more. ✨
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/cruel-comp...
The writer's holiday survival guide, abandoning email, the No Gift guide, how war sells serum to women, the importance of the personal essay, and much more. ✨
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/cruel-comp...
I wrote about the advice my mom gave me seven years ago that changed my life, and continues to help me navigate hard times:
My mom's best advice
On doing what you can in hard times
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
November 21, 2023 at 10:58 PM
I wrote about the advice my mom gave me seven years ago that changed my life, and continues to help me navigate hard times:
Today’s newsletter is all links in solidarity with Palestine. 🍉
Cruel Compendium #63 🇵🇸
Links for solidarity with Palestine
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
November 14, 2023 at 2:19 PM
Today’s newsletter is all links in solidarity with Palestine. 🍉
Reposted by Jillian Anthony
Congressional staffers say an onslaught of calls and emails asking for members to support a cease-fire has caught Dems completely off-guard.
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
Democratic Staffers Told To Let Constant Calls For Cease-Fire ‘Go To Voicemail’
Congressional staff say the mood inside the Capitol is tense, stifling and bewildering as members brush off their constituents’ outrage.
www.huffpost.com
November 10, 2023 at 12:36 AM
Congressional staffers say an onslaught of calls and emails asking for members to support a cease-fire has caught Dems completely off-guard.
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
“I’ve never seen such a disconnect between where voters and constituents are and where Congress is"
I have $7300 in unpaid invoices floating around somewhere in the stratosphere right now 💸
November 2, 2023 at 10:29 PM
I have $7300 in unpaid invoices floating around somewhere in the stratosphere right now 💸
In today's spooky Cruel Compendium you can see my friend's homemade ancient alien 👽
Cruel Compendium #62 🕷️
Fill out my reader survey pretty please
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
October 31, 2023 at 2:07 PM
In today's spooky Cruel Compendium you can see my friend's homemade ancient alien 👽
I'm writing a story about the new rules of the group chat. What are some of yours?
October 30, 2023 at 3:51 PM
I'm writing a story about the new rules of the group chat. What are some of yours?
Reposted by Jillian Anthony
Darth I think you should know about our year round 12ft skeleton
October 26, 2023 at 5:46 PM
Darth I think you should know about our year round 12ft skeleton
I wrote about learning to accept lost possibilities and leaning in to aging out at 35.
"The future was one giant choose-your-own-adventure book.
Flash forward, and many of those pages have been flipped. The chapters that could have been are forever closed to me now."
"The future was one giant choose-your-own-adventure book.
Flash forward, and many of those pages have been flipped. The chapters that could have been are forever closed to me now."
The age of nostalgia (35)
Leaning in to aging out
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
October 25, 2023 at 4:53 PM
I wrote about learning to accept lost possibilities and leaning in to aging out at 35.
"The future was one giant choose-your-own-adventure book.
Flash forward, and many of those pages have been flipped. The chapters that could have been are forever closed to me now."
"The future was one giant choose-your-own-adventure book.
Flash forward, and many of those pages have been flipped. The chapters that could have been are forever closed to me now."
My newest for Cosmopolitan: 10 women share the hyper-specific moment they knew their relationships were over. Thanks to everyone who shared their stories with me!
The Seemingly Insignificant Moments 10 Women Realized Their Relationships Were Doomed
“He told me he ‘doesn’t like music.’”
www.cosmopolitan.com
October 20, 2023 at 4:06 PM
My newest for Cosmopolitan: 10 women share the hyper-specific moment they knew their relationships were over. Thanks to everyone who shared their stories with me!
I 🧡 my Texas library
October 14, 2023 at 6:50 PM
I 🧡 my Texas library
I completed No-Spend September!
Here's a breakdown of how I spent $1,328 less than in August, by the numbers:
Here's a breakdown of how I spent $1,328 less than in August, by the numbers:
No-Spend September recap, by the numbers
I spent $1,327.97 less than in August.
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
October 12, 2023 at 4:30 PM
I completed No-Spend September!
Here's a breakdown of how I spent $1,328 less than in August, by the numbers:
Here's a breakdown of how I spent $1,328 less than in August, by the numbers:
In this week's Cruel Compendium, discover:
🍁 Turkeys that love jazz
🍁 Why "girls" rule the internet
🍁 The rise of yearnposting
🍁 Super-woo ways to protect your energy
🍁 An important convo about the "Goopification" of self-care
🍁 Astronomy photography award winners
🍁 How to make a dopamine menu
🍁 Turkeys that love jazz
🍁 Why "girls" rule the internet
🍁 The rise of yearnposting
🍁 Super-woo ways to protect your energy
🍁 An important convo about the "Goopification" of self-care
🍁 Astronomy photography award winners
🍁 How to make a dopamine menu
Cruel Compendium #60 🍁
Yearnposting, jazz turkeys, and going super-woo
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
October 4, 2023 at 2:51 PM
In this week's Cruel Compendium, discover:
🍁 Turkeys that love jazz
🍁 Why "girls" rule the internet
🍁 The rise of yearnposting
🍁 Super-woo ways to protect your energy
🍁 An important convo about the "Goopification" of self-care
🍁 Astronomy photography award winners
🍁 How to make a dopamine menu
🍁 Turkeys that love jazz
🍁 Why "girls" rule the internet
🍁 The rise of yearnposting
🍁 Super-woo ways to protect your energy
🍁 An important convo about the "Goopification" of self-care
🍁 Astronomy photography award winners
🍁 How to make a dopamine menu
I wrote about the illusion of corporate job security, and the long, winding journey (from a decade in media to getting laid off to freelancing full-time) of unlearning the worldview of my immigrant father that work=safety. cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/the-illusi...
September 27, 2023 at 5:17 PM
I wrote about the illusion of corporate job security, and the long, winding journey (from a decade in media to getting laid off to freelancing full-time) of unlearning the worldview of my immigrant father that work=safety. cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/the-illusi...
Is Welcome to Plathville about vampires or not
September 26, 2023 at 10:41 PM
Is Welcome to Plathville about vampires or not
Me when I'm talking to anyone 32 and under
September 21, 2023 at 3:45 PM
Me when I'm talking to anyone 32 and under
Reposted by Jillian Anthony
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is reviving a program to mail free rapid coronavirus tests to Americans.
Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.
Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.
Federal government to start providing free coronavirus tests once again
Americans can again order four free tests through covidtests.gov starting Sept. 25.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 20, 2023 at 8:09 PM
The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it is reviving a program to mail free rapid coronavirus tests to Americans.
Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.
Starting Sept. 25, people can request four free tests per household through covidtests.gov.
Babe come quick they’re blasting old Rooney at the gym
September 20, 2023 at 9:39 PM
Babe come quick they’re blasting old Rooney at the gym
Reposted by Jillian Anthony
Some of what I’m reading and clicking on from today’s newsletter:
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
Cruel Compendium #59 🕯️
Slut as state of mind, the sounds of space, and marking the Fall Equinox
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
September 19, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Some of what I’m reading and clicking on from today’s newsletter:
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
Some of what I’m reading and clicking on from today’s newsletter:
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
Cruel Compendium #59 🕯️
Slut as state of mind, the sounds of space, and marking the Fall Equinox
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
September 19, 2023 at 4:22 PM
Some of what I’m reading and clicking on from today’s newsletter:
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
🍁Journal prompts to mark the Fall Equinox
🍁Why slut is a state of mind
🍁Anne Helen Petersen on “That Guy”
🍁The spooky sounds of space
🍁A useful “thing to say to piss off men”
Sitting in my car for ten minutes building my strength before I walk into the function
September 16, 2023 at 8:42 PM
Sitting in my car for ten minutes building my strength before I walk into the function
In my mind, it's already fall. It's time for a September reset!
In today's newsletter, I share the four things I'm focusing on to recenter for this season of rest: cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/september-...
How are you resetting for autumn?
In today's newsletter, I share the four things I'm focusing on to recenter for this season of rest: cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/september-...
How are you resetting for autumn?
September Reset
Downshifting into fall
cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com
September 12, 2023 at 5:49 PM
In my mind, it's already fall. It's time for a September reset!
In today's newsletter, I share the four things I'm focusing on to recenter for this season of rest: cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/september-...
How are you resetting for autumn?
In today's newsletter, I share the four things I'm focusing on to recenter for this season of rest: cruelsummerbookclub.substack.com/p/september-...
How are you resetting for autumn?
For a Cosmo story, I'm looking for your true stories about the small moment you knew your relationship was over. Fill out this short survey and share yours! Answers from women, femmes, and nonbinary folks are all welcome. And please RT and share! forms.gle/LvpQpaNvEtAg...
September 11, 2023 at 4:52 PM
For a Cosmo story, I'm looking for your true stories about the small moment you knew your relationship was over. Fill out this short survey and share yours! Answers from women, femmes, and nonbinary folks are all welcome. And please RT and share! forms.gle/LvpQpaNvEtAg...