Hi! Welcome to the seventeenth issue of The Good Side of the Internet! Super glad to have you here. For a brief run-down on what all the hullabaloo is about, please visit the About page for this publication.
This newsletter has been split into two sections. The first is external links that I truly adored, sometimes with my own little endorsements. The second is similar, but within Substack. There once was a third, compiling all the recommended readings on over the last month. I’ve since discontinued the mini-TGSotI, so all links can be found in one place, right here.
The ones with the little asterisk next to them come Highly Recommended (by me). Please do heed the trigger warnings if they’re present. For access to paywalled essays, feel free to reach out. I’m always open to discuss/debate/listen to your opinions about any of these links and would probably ascend to a higher plane of joy.
Happy reading!
TGSotI Reviewed
Telling My Daughter the List of Things I’ve Been Wrong About | Sarah Carson, The Rumpus
Then there were shoes: slippers, flip flops, sneakers without laces, which reminds me now that I promised you rainboots after we passed several pairs on a grocery store endcap. How was I supposed to explain that I did not want to buy rainboots from the same place we bought our toilet paper and frozen pizza? That was not the kind of life I was trying to convince myself I had.
Anatomy of a Murder | John Rosengren, The Atavist Magazine*
How a shocking crime divided a small Minnesota town.
I’m having a bit of trouble in my teen years… someone I hold dear very dear has gone.
She’s gone and I’m still here and she’s not dead or deceased but I’m unable to get in contact with her for reasons the cosmic universe chose for me.
We very much love each other but it was time to part. She’s reminded me that this matrix is worthwhile and she’s shown me that I’m worth it too.
Dear Nick,
I miss her.
I miss her
I miss her.
In-house Links
This section contains links to pieces from different Substack publications. Again, the ones with the asterisk are personal favourites.
Don’t postpone joy from
Garbage: The Beauty Trend That Won’t Go Away from *
That’s a wrap for July ‘24! Feel free to make me the happiest person alive by reaching out to discuss any of it. For weekly poetry and song recommendations, plus a sometimes-nonsensical-sometimes-profound-sometimes-toopersonal article, we’d be happy to have you over at
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Thanks for reading, and see you next month!
Thank you for the mention. Sorry that it took me so long to get here. My Substack is currently on pause while I adjust to a new gig, schedule, and workload. I appreciate the kind words and your sharing of my publication.