The Landline
Ashley SimpoThe Landline is a digital publication celebrating storytelling, community, and Black voices. Through essays and experiments, we explore belonging—to ourselves, our families, and the world—centering connection and authenticity.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 65 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | a year ago |
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The Revolution Will Be Tender
In unprecedented times, our wellness must be unprecedented too.
Hey beloveds,
Jealousy, Rebranded
We were raised to see jealousy as petty or shameful—but what if it's just a message we never learned how to read?
In a recent heart-to-heart about feelings we didn’t quite know what to do with, we found ourselves creeping around a familiar...
Listen: What Jealousy is Trying to Tell You
This week on The Landline, we’re talking about the green-eyed guest we all pretend not to know. Jealousy: she’s misunderstood, underutilized, and more useful than she lets on. We trace how jealousy first showed up in our girlhoods, how it t...
Stories That Give You Nerve
As SA survivors, some of the stories we’ve read, watched, or listened to have held us, made us feel seen and most importantly, empowered. While content about sexual assault can often be triggering, some work has been exactly what we needed...
A Soft Place to Land: Tools for Writing Through Trauma
In honor of SA Awareness Month, we’re revisiting The Take Care series. Open to all, all April.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month—a time that often brings more questions than answers. About how we name harm, how we tell our stories, a...
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