THE EMPRESS
Alisa Kennedy Jones, Eleanor Anstruther, Heather J Robertson, Elissa Altman, Kim Druker StockwellDedicated to the art and science of midlife women thriving, THE EMPRESS brings content, community, and agency to millions of menopausal women through our networks of networks and deep partnerships with cultural changemakers.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 179 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 17 days ago |
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✨ So, midlife is about what we choose. And what we refuse. ✨
Fellow Empresses,
Aren’t these drop caps jolly? So, in midlife… You choose what gets your energy. You choose what gets your time. And you choose what you will not tolerate anymore.
This week, for Empress, that meant choosing to retain our...
✨ An Empress Excerpt: FALLOUT By Award-winning Novelist Eleanor Anstruther ✨
✨ A vibrant space for midlife women, The Empress now reaches over two million readers through our networks of networks. ✨ From bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. ✨ If you enjoy content about midlife, humor, and agency, I’d love to welc...
Eleanor Anstruther, award-winning author of the new novel FALLOUT, LIVE on the BBC! 📻
✨ A vibrant space for midlife women, The Empress now reaches over two million readers through our networks of networks. ✨ From bestselling author Alisa Kennedy Jones. ✨ If you enjoy content about midlife, humor, and agency, I’d love to welc...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
Founder of Empress Editions, The Empress newsletter for midlife women, and snarker-at-large at Gotham Girl. TV writer/author of GOTHAM GIRL INTERRUPTED & ELLERY GOES DARK(2026). Neurodiversity+epilepsy activism.
A PERFECT EXPLANATION (Salt Books) A MEMOIR IN 65 POSTCARDS & THE RECOVERY DIARIES (Troubador) IN JUDGEMENT OF OTHERS (Troubador) FALLOUT (Empress Editions) - rep'd by Jenny Savill ANA
Essays, epiphanies, and literary lashings from the eye of the midlife hurricane. Because calm is overrated—and so is silence.
Elissa Altman is the award-winning author of PERMISSION: The New Memoirist and the Courage to Create (GODINE), and memoirs Motherland, Treyf, and Poor Man's Feast. Her new book, WHERE YOU USED TO BE, is forthcoming from Godine.
Women’s Survival Guide, is here to help you (and me) shift from NOW WHAT to an exciting WHAT'S NEXT? through personal stories, inspiring interviews, and practical advice. Discover new passions, and a renewed sense of possibility, together.
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