Please Read Me or else
A reminder of who I am and why you love me
We’re entering a new era of Please Read Me and I think it’s important to give you all a refresher on all things about this newsletter! For my new subscribers and those of you who don’t know me, hey, hi, hello! I’m Tess, a writer and freelance social media manager from the Midwest and based in Brooklyn. In a former life, I was a nonprofit fundraiser dying to be more creative in my life, so I launched Please Read Me to nurture that creative side. Ever since I was a kid, I loved to tell a story. Please Read Me is the amalgamation of all those tall tales.
My newsletter comes out twice a week, and covers a looot. I discuss Internet trends, my dating life, reality TV, politics, New York City, and more. I have big dreams for Please Read Me and since you’re a reader, I think you do too.
Tuesdays aka Worthy Distractions day
Starting next Tuesday, December 3rd, my Tuesday posts will be filled with all the worthy distractions of my week. I’ll share the shows I’m watching, the books I’m reading, the blankets I’m snuggling under, the restaurants I’m eating at, the list goes on and on and on. These posts, except the first, will be under a paywall and I’m not even going to apologize for that.
Thursdays
My Thursday posts aren’t changing, yay! They will still be deep dives into my favorite trends, passages of my life, weird things men say to me on dates, and more. If you’re new here and you would like a quick guide to all things Tess, these are a few of my favorite essays to date:
Nice messages about Please Read Me
And lastly, if you’ve somehow found yourself here accidentally and need to be convinced to read my newsletter, here are some kind words my dear Readers have shared with me.
And one from my dad for good measure.
For those catching up….
Do 'trad wives' hate 'hot girls'?
Last year, I wrote a piece about the reclaiming of the word girl. We were at the peak of the “girl dinner” and “girl math” trends. I thought that women were leveraging the word girl just like we leveraged bitch, how gay men leveraged the f-word, and how Black Americans leveraged the n-word. While not a slur, girl used to be used as a way to put women do…
...now what?
I’m back in America, grumpy, congested, and numb to the news. My two week trip to Europe once again reminded me how much America invested in the car and not walkable cities, and while I was beaming with joy at the Parisian subway system, a fascist was elected president. I told you all last week that I was numb to the results, a much changed person from …
America hates women
In 2016, I was a bright eyed political science student who thought I could change the world. I interned in the European Parliament and proudly, even though she wasn’t my favorite candidate, voted for Hillary Clinton. I never for even one second thought Donald Trump could win. But, late into the evening on that Tuesday in November, huddled around laptops…