Ordinary Animals explores how we stay human — and raise humans — in our wild, modern, tech-saturated world.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 43 | Founded | 2 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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Emptying My Pockets
I have been going back and forth about writing this.
This is not what I usually write about, and I am filled with anger, hurt, and fear about what pressing send might mean. The atmosphere around anything Jewish or Israeli right now feels s...
Analog Adventure Club 04: April 2026
Living our values offline. Plus: what I read, made, and discovered this month, off my phone
Analog Adventure Club is a monthly dispatch about all the ways I’m trying to not scroll my life away (with admittedly mixed results) and a place wh...
Life is (still) beautiful
I’ve been thinking a lot about attention lately.
We all know we live in an attention economy. That part isn’t new. But I’ve begun to actually live and experience it differently since writing this newsletter, and even more so since beginnin...
The Matrescence Questionnaire 06: Victoria de la Fuente
The Matrescence Questionnaire asks the coolest moms I know to reflect on the real, messy, magical transformation of becoming a mother.
Matrescence, the still-overlooked developmental transition into motherhood, is a term I didn’t discover...
Analog Adventure Club 03: March 2026
Lindy West (obviously) + my #1 screen tip for kids. Plus: what I read, made, and discovered this month, off my phone
Analog Adventure Club is a monthly dispatch about all the ways I’m trying to not scroll my life away (with admittedly mixe...
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Early childhood educator, media studies nerd, and self-appointed matrescence evangelist. Mom of two exploring motherhood, childhood, tech, play, and nature - and what it means to be ordinary animals in our wildly modern world.
I like scones and tennis.
Fashion-raised, founder-shaped, and algorithm-haunted. Writing from the motherhood matrix while building what comes next — DOOMSCROLLR :)
British mum of three/ infant sleep educator/ baby massage teacher/ marketer/ gossip hound. Subscribe to Baby Brain to join the fun (go on, I dare you) ❤️☕\ud83d\udc40
Thinking beyond the mainstream motherhood script of consuming, rushing, and settling. Former magazine editor into home exchange, dressing up, cargo biking, and getting the kids outside.
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