Playing with Fire
Shannon Watts, Joanna Schroeder, Soraya Chemaly, Lorissa Rinehart, Malynda Hale, Lisa Keefauver, EMILYs List, Dem Whip Katherine Clark, Leanne Dzubinski, Amy Diehl, Ph.D.Playing with Fire is a community of badass women (and supporters!) who want to find and nurture the spark inside and learn to live on fire.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Daily |
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| Issues | 321 | Subscribers | Read | shannonwatts.substack.com |
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Joanna Schroeder is a writer and media critic focused on parenting, raising healthy boys and family equity. Her work appears in the NYT, The Boston Globe, Esquire and more.
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Exploring 250 years of women's participation in American democracy.
Honest reflections from a writer, activist, and artist exploring where faith, justice, and humanity meet. Everything begins with a conversation. Featured on CNN, ABC News, NBC, Roland Martin Unfiltered, The Daily Beast, Blavity, and Courier News.
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