Evil Witches Newsletter

Hello! Today's issue is the promised follow-up to Part One of my chat with mothers in queer or pursuing queer relationships after having kids with men. A lot of the people I interviewed mentioned certain books that helped navigate them down life's road so you'll find that below as a bonus if you're a paid subscriber and if you're not one yet I hope you think about becoming one in order to support this work. Email sent! Check your inbox to complete your signup.

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Reminder! An Evil Witches Zoom is scheduled for a quick half hour TONIGHT, September 14 at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT/5 p.m. PT for anyone curious about what it takes to start a States Project Giving Circle for the midterms. Go HERE to RSVP; we'll send you the link no later than an hour ahead of time. Feel free to do cameras off in observation mode. Can't make it?

I have always wanted to host an Evil Witches Zoom call but couldn't find a hook to keep it from being a stressful free-for-all until I had lunch with OG witch Melissa Walker a few weeks ago to get revved up for the midterms. As many of you know, I run a Giving Circle on behalf of the States Project with the goal of raising money for state elections that have the potential to flip Democratic.

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🧙‍♀️ The US midterms are coming. If you have ever thought about running a Giving Circle like the one I do for the States Project, I'm hosting a Zoom on Sept. 14 at 7 p.m. CST hoping to convince you that you can become an impactful fundraiser. If you can send an email to ten people you can make a change. More info to come; all are welcome and it will be recorded if you can't make it.

Note: There is a reader call for Witchy advice at the end of this newsletter issue! So if you don't feel like reading about travel maybe you can help a lady out. * Last fall I started getting a sort of restless feeling, like I wanted a significant change of not just scenery but context. Then while researching this story I discovered writer Linda McGurk's offer to join her on a hiking trip in the Swedish highlands.

Hey witches! I wanted to send out one last email before I take a monthlong or so summer break. I'm kicking the hiatus off with what I've been calling my "midlife crisis trip": hiking for several days with some women I've never met in a far-flung part of Sweden. Pooping in a hole may come into play. I learned about the opportunity while researching an article I worked on about newsletter writers who lead their readers on trips.

health — 8 min read I've been trying to get to the bottom of why it bothers me how much absolute junk garbage my kids eat and seeing if understanding it better can help me get over it. This is a tricky subject to grapple with because I am not MAHA — I love a Snickers ice cream bar as much as the next red blooded American. I am not Almond Mom. In fact I was raised by Almond Parents which gave me a (diagnosed) complex around "good" and "bad" foods that I had to work out with quite a bit of therapy.