Substacks recommended by Vanessa Hope

Recommended by Vanessa Hope

Hope For Film

By Ted Hope

Helping the build of a non-dependent artist-first cinema ecosystem.

Insightful analysis of the creative process and film industry from... my husband, Ted Hope.

- Vanessa Hope

In the Writing Burrow

By Margaret Atwood

Whatever comes into my addled, shrinking brain.

Margaret Atwood, period end of sentence.

- Vanessa Hope

Bully Pulpit

By Bob Garfield

A wry and pointed take on politics, media and society from Bob Garfield.

鬼島之音 Ghost Island Media

By Emily Y. Wu 吳怡慈

Updates from the podcast network.

Emily Y. Wu is a friend and a brilliant journalist and curator of important stories from Taiwan. I've listened to most of her Ghost Island Media podcast too.

- Vanessa Hope

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shares thoughts about sports, politics, and popular culture and how they define America.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's well written, curated and award winning Substack is consistently one of my favorite regular reads.

- Vanessa Hope

Ty Burr's Watch List

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Robert Reich

Daily newsletter exposing where power lies — and how it's used and abused

Robert Reich, period end of sentence. Like Margaret Atwood, always a must read.

- Vanessa Hope

Thinking about...

By Timothy Snyder

Opening the future by understanding the past.

The parallels between the story of modern Ukraine and Taiwan

- Vanessa Hope

A Broad and Ample Road

By Michelle Kuo and Albert Wu

Based in Taiwan, we're interested in acts of creation and solidarity, in liberation struggles and art, in poetry and protest.

Taiwan based Taiwanese American couple Michelle and Albert offer cross-cultural reflections on Taiwan

- Vanessa Hope

Letters from an American

By Heather Cox Richardson

A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

American history at its finest

- Vanessa Hope

Un-Diplomatic

By Van Jackson

Global power politics, for the people. Un-Diplomatic is committed to thinking through a foreign policy opposed to oligarchs, militarists, and other scumbags who have undue influence over our dystopian world politics.

Van Jackson puts it best and I deeply appreciate reading him on the regular for these reasons: "Global power politics, for the people. Un-Diplomatic is committed to thinking through a foreign policy opposed to oligarchs, militarists, and other scumbags who have undue influence over our dystopian world politics."

- Vanessa Hope

Jill Filipovic

Politics, women’s rights, foreign affairs, and law

Brilliant feminist analysis of women in the US and the world

- Vanessa Hope

Sinocism

By Bill Bishop

Get smarter about China

Best newsletter on China

- Vanessa Hope

A Question of Peace

Recommended by Vanessa Hope