Actually Good Things
Theresa HollandA weekly guide to what you might want to buy, try, do, or at least look into. Written by longtime shopping writer Theresa Holland.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 58 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 12 days ago |
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After-sun selects
Actually Good Things is a weekly newsletter with product recs and irreverent commentary from a non-robot person with eyeballs and tastebuds.
This week—while watching the apparent summer classic American Graffiti (1973) and whipping up a ke...
A year of good things
Actually Good Things is a weekly shopping newsletter written by a real-life person who eats food and breathes oxygen.
This week, as the U.S. turns up for its 250th year, I’m looking back on one year of Actually Good Things. I haven’t misse...
It's a wet-hot American summer
Actually Good Things is a weekly newsletter written by a seasoned commerce writer who’s tried, like, everything.
This week—while watching all the best summer camp movies with my 7-year-old, who’s attending sleepaway camp in August (obvious...
Shoop de dupe, part 2
Actually Good Things is a Friday-morning newsletter authored by a commerce writer who loves Fridays and mornings.
This week—while saying, “Siri, play You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love (the New Order-coded “maggots for brains” track...
Vicarious last-day-of-school haul
Actually Good Things is a weekly newsletter written by a mortal woman with organic intelligence (no offense to AI).
This week, while celebrating some very exciting sunscreen news and finally finishing Love Story (🛩️😭), I’m enjoying a vic...
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Theresa Holland is a shopping writer and commerce editor with over a decade of professional experience. She specializes in cosmetics, apparel, health, housewares, culture, and trends. Theresa lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and sons.
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