The Messayist
Rachel Stevenspersonal writing from a mess of an essayist.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 185 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 4 months ago |
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a note, a pause, a playlist.
I love you.
Dear Paid Messayist Subscribers,
random thoughts for January 2026…
There isn’t a full thought that can get itself out of me for an essay these days. I’ve been so proud of myself for giving you a personal essay and link recommendations almost EVERY TUESDAY for the past four years. But fervent Messayist foll...
notes on radio.
New Year’s Eve 2021/2022 was how I found out you’re not supposed to eat lobster on NYE. It’s true. It’s bad luck. You’re not supposed to eat anything that can crawl backwards, because we’re going forward—dammit! On New Year’s Eve, this fate...
not nailing and nailing it.
“I have to show Gigi all the things that have changed about me.”
“Like what?” I asked my five-year-old daughter, getting off our plane in Austin.
“Mostly that I lost my first tooth.”
It’s true. She’s so proud. I’ve never seen her more pr...
the brown camel sitting in my chair.
When I was in third grade, I was cast as the Narrator in our church’s nativity play. There’s really only one leading lady of that whole situation (no wise women, no female angels), so when an older girl in the church got to play Mary, I was...
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(writer + radio producer + mom) x hot mess.
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