Dana DuBois | I Write Out Loud
Dana DuBois, Rachel Kramer Bussel, Ossiana Tepfenhart, Libbie Grant, Karen Marie Shelton, Open Secrets Magazine, Julie Roginsky, Lawrence Winnerman, The Mayday Network, The Daily Whatever ShowMemoir and cultural essays about love, politics, parenting, and midlife selfhood. New and old work gathered into one living practice of writing out loud — using art and storytelling to reclaim power in chaotic times.
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An Ambivalent Jew Returns to Germany for Taylor Swift
Arbeit Macht Frei—work makes you free. The entrance to Dachau concentration camp. Photo and image by author.
A few years ago, I spat into an Ancestry.com tube and eagerly awaited the results.
My whole life, I’ve only known I’m an Ashkenaz...
Sunday Salon: Enough About Grief. Let's Talk About Toilet Dude.
Sunday Salon #12 of the I Write Out Loud project:
With this week’s Sunday Salon, I’ve put in a call for closure; I’ve officially called time on processing the widower breakup. Four weeks in, I’ve named the grief, written the essay, and whi...
GenX: In Our Widower Era | The Podcast
This week’s I Write Out Loud live grew out of my newest essay, GenX Women: We’ve Entered Our Widower Era, and became one of the most personal conversations I’ve had in a while. We talked about dating in midlife, loving people who are carryi...
GenX Women: We've Entered Our Widower Era
Turns out I've accidentally become an expert in dating widowers.
Welcome to midlife dating, ladies. The pickings are slim, the haystacks are burning, and the strangest truth is this: your most viable romantic options may be widowers.
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Memoirist & cultural essayist. GenX word nerd. I write out loud. Co-host & booker: The Daily Whatever Show. Fine feminist. Loves storytelling, karaoke, ectomorphs, her two teens, and Oxford commas. Loathes the RHCP.
Writer on motherhood, culture, books, personal finance, belonging and belongings. Editor of Open Secrets Magazine and host of podcast Finders and Keepers. https://rachelkramerbussel.com
LGBTQ writer, adult industry writer, food critic, freelance writer. Vampire with a sun allergy who doubles as a Demon Vixen. Non-binary. Pinup/Fetish/Adult Model.
Writer. Next book: THE ENDED WORLD (Galiot Press, Sept 15, 2026) You might also know my pen name, Olivia Hawker.
I’m a lifelong storyteller, editor, entrepreneur and nerd. I'm still trying to find myself. My work is on Quora & Medium, Substack & Sayzio. I chase ideas across multiple topics, seeking the untold angles. I find humans infinitely fascinating.
Open Secrets is a lit mag and community for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we're taught to keep “secret.”
Authentic, common-sense straight talk about our politics and culture. Democratic political consultant.
GenXy.io co-founder and co-host of *The Daily Whatever Show*. COO at Blue Amp Media. BannerAndBackbone.com co-founder. Queer Sci-Fi author. Gay AF \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08 Fighting Nazis with snark and cheap tees at www.alpacalunch.com.
Fiercely independent media that won't bend the knee to anyone.
TDWS is a live morning show about the culture, politics, and creative voices shaping our world. Hosted by lifelong BFFs Dana DuBois & Lawrence Winnerman, the show is curious, candid & a bit wry. The best conversations don’t follow a script.
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