Substacks recommended by Alyssa Burgart

Recommended by Alyssa Burgart

Radical Reports

By Teddy Wilson

Research, Analysis, and Intelligence on the Radical Right.

TN Repro News

By Rachel Wells

Your comprehensive source for reproductive health news in Tennessee.

Emily in Your Phone with Emily Amick

Former Senate Counsel bringing you fact-based, action-oriented analysis and insight into politics and the culture that shapes it.

Your Doctor Friend by Mara Gordon

By Mara Gordon

Health care is a mess. Let's figure it out together.

Law Dork

By Chris Geidner

The Supreme Court, law, politics, and more.

Abortion, Every Day

By Kylie Cheung @ Abortion

All things abortion. Feminist commentary & community.

The Pugilist with Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez

Investigative journalism that hits back. Original reporting on power, corruption, and the stories institutions don't want told — from New Mexico and beyond.

Hacking Narcissism

By Nathalie Martinek PhD

I write about power, control and navigating narcissism in relationships, institutions and our own behaviours.

Popular Information

By Judd Legum

Independent accountability journalism.

My go-to source for honest, ethical investigative journalism.

- Alyssa Burgart

The Mortal and the Machine

By Sylvie

On the ache of being mortal inside systems that cannot see what it means to be human—and the hope of building systems that preserve the human spirit. Written by a dancer, engineer, innovator, healthcare scholar, humanist, and cancer survivor.

Ask the Patient offers practical, patient-centered ideas with the power to transform healthcare for the better.

- Alyssa Burgart

New Means

By JP

Writing that zooms out. New Means discusses politics in the broadest possible ways, from our neighborhoods to our workplaces to our religious lives to organizing to the ways we collectively think.

Everything Is Horrible

By Noah Berlatsky

Culture, politics, and misery.

Long Covid, MD

By Dr Zeest Khan

Dr. Zeest Khan, a physician with Long Covid, eases the overwhelm of complex illness. Learn science, treatments, and healthcare strategies you need to recover your health.

Ask The Patient by Dr. Zed Zha

A love letter from a doctor and a reckoning that gives patients language, dignity, and voice.

Dr. Zha is the kind of human-centered physician every patient wants to have. Her authentic essays on the practice of medicine get to the heart of the patient-physician relationship.

- Alyssa Burgart

Field Notes & Progress Notes

Erin In The Morning

By Erin Reed

News and discussion on trans legislation and life.

Erin In The Morning is my #1 source for news about transgender care and life, and the heinous laws that jeopardize it.

- Alyssa Burgart

Inside Medicine

By Jeremy Faust

Merging what I'm seeing in the ER with rigorous deep-dives on the very latest medical and public health data. I want you to know what really matters.

More to Hate

By Kate Manne

Misogyny and more

Throughline by Jill Filipovic

Connecting the dots. Politics, culture, women’s rights, foreign affairs, law, and more.

The Moral Injury Clinic

By Alyssa

Ever felt stuck between what’s right and what’s possible? Wrestled with frustration, exhaustion, or even a deep sense of betrayal? This newsletter is for you. Get your free Quick Guide to Understanding Moral Harms when you subscribe.

My other newsletter focuses on protecting our deepest values through challenging times.

- Alyssa Burgart

Writing Elizabeth

By Elizabeth Austin

A writer and solo mom’s messy take on writing full-time and raising teens after my daughter’s years in leukemia treatment. Challenging polished survival stories, exploring the raw reality of getting through, and building a writing career along the way.

Elizabeth Austin is the worst cancer mom you've ever met. And that's why you will love her and her work.

- Alyssa Burgart

The Vajenda

By Dr. Jen Gunter

Imagine a Venn diagram with overlapping circles labeled: Medical Facts, Feminism, and Fire. You've arrived at their intersection.

FEMINIST GIANT

By Mona Eltahawy

FEMINIST GIANT: become a giant in your fight for feminism

feminism for all

By 𝙅𝙤 ⚢📖🏳️‍🌈

Intersectional feminist & anti-rape essays from a real life sexual assault survivor advocate. Deeply theoretical & philosophical as well as decolonialist, anti-racist, against all forms of identity-based oppression.

This is not pop-culture feminism -- it's feminism for all. Jo is a brilliant writer and thought leader who always brings a nuanced, intersectional lens to the biggest problems we face related to gender, power, and agency. A paid subscription is well worth the cost.

- Alyssa Burgart

Plato Was a Dick

By S Peter Davis

Former Cracked columnist, now a free agent. Survived the rise and fall of the internet since the 90s. I talk about society, social media, current affairs, and anything I can put a sardonic spin on.

Dark Horse by Laurel Braitman

A newsletter for folks interested in what I (Laurel Braitman) am interested in--the writing life, nonhuman animals doing surprising things, adult friendship, the American West, plants, healthcare, good books, and more.

My dear friend Laurel Braitman with find the squishy center of the truth and push it to see what comes out. Probably tears - either the sad kind or the joyful time. Let's find out which.

- Alyssa Burgart

Cosmic Anarchy

By Ayesha Khan

The abolitionist, decolonized medicine guide + collectivist care toolkit to build community, unplug from capitalism, ground in culture & our ecosystems to fight for collective liberation

Introspective Spaces

Building Reflective Community for Healthcare Workers

If you're a healthcare workers determined to keep a grip on the core of why you entered the caring professions, look no further.

- Alyssa Burgart

Disability Visibility

By Alice Wong

The latest and greatest in disability media, culture & politics