Hi! Welcome to the twenty-eighth 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.
All of these come Highly Recommended (by me). Please do heed the trigger warnings if they’re present.
Happy reading!
PS: For (mostly) weekly micro-essays on growing up, poetry, and song recommendations, I’d be happy to have you over at .
TGSotI Reviewed
Carry Me With You | Aimee Seiff Christian, The Rumpus
Read this many times as you need to hear it. Soak in it. Revel in it. Loved, beautiful, brilliant. And that makes you powerful. You will do so much.
But Aimee, that doesn’t mean things will be easy. You will fight for every minute of joy, but when you feel that joy, Aimee, it will taste so good, and you will treasure it.
Imagine me slipping this letter into some secret pocket for you to carry with you every day until we meet again.
Love, Aimee
Everyone Is Cheating their Way Through College | James D. Walsh, New York Magazine
Once the chatbot had outlined Wendy’s essay, providing her with a list of topic sentences and bullet points of ideas, all she had to do was fill it in. Wendy delivered a tidy five-page paper at an acceptably tardy 10:17 a.m. When I asked her how she did on the assignment, she said she got a good grade. “I really like writing,” she said, sounding strangely nostalgic for her high-school English class — the last time she wrote an essay unassisted. “Honestly,” she continued, “I think there is beauty in trying to plan your essay. You learn a lot. You have to think, Oh, what can I write in this paragraph? Or What should my thesis be? ” But she’d rather get good grades. “An essay with ChatGPT, it’s like it just gives you straight up what you have to follow. You just don’t really have to think that much.”
Why Are So Many Artists Changing Management This Year? | Lyndsey Havens, Billboard
After several superstar artists changed management teams in 2025, some sources argue the field is grappling with a reassessment.
In-house Links
This section contains links to pieces from different Substack publications.
swindle all the way from
Summer Notebook from
That’s a wrap for June ‘25! Had a piece you absolutely loved/hated? Let me know!
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Thank you for reading, and see you next month!
This is very lovely! Thanks for making space for my little something. Wishing you a kinder sea :)
got included in thodi syllabus oh wow! june was ok afterall :)) i always save things u post and read them in due time, so pls remember all of this does end up changing bits and pieces in lives of others <3