Haley Nahman

New York

Freelance Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer and Editor at Maybe Baby

Writer and editor. Subscribe to my newsletter/podcast, Maybe Baby @ https://t.co/qVBPAyQUUR

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Articles

Dear Danny: Should my boyfriend give me money?

1 week ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

The Maybe Baby podcast is a mixed bag of interviews, advice, and unfiltered thoughts on the topics of culture, politics, the internet, and being alive. It's a supplement to my weekly written newsletter. New episodes every Wednesday. The Maybe Baby podcast is a mixed bag of interviews, advice, and unfiltered thoughts on the topics of culture, politics, the internet, and being alive. It's a supplement to my weekly written newsletter. New episodes every Wednesday.
#217: Following your (non-specific) dreams

1 week ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

Good morning!It’s not time for my usual advice column, but today I’m going to use a question I received from a reader to write a lengthier piece addressing something I’ve been thinking about, a slightly different format I kicked off last summer.
15 things I consumed this week

1 week ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

Good afternoon from “floor paper,” our now daily routine of taping brown paper to the floor and coloring on it to encourage Sunny to love art, which basically guarantees she’s gonna be a corporate lawyer.
The "kid divide" among friends, PART 2!

2 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

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#216: The gossip you’re not supposed to hear

2 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

Based on several essays I’ve published over the last two years, you might think I’d take issue with Chappell Roan’s viral comments on moms last week, but I want to tell you—and I say this with the pride of a dog who’s just learned thunder’s not his enemy—they didn’t bother me at all.
15 things I consumed this week

2 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

As promised to two people, some pics from my local cherry blossom that finally popped!! These were taken three days apart:
On regretting a new tattoo

3 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

It’s time for another round of Dear Babies, where I take a question I received in my Dear Baby bank and pose it to you, either because I don’t know the answer or want multiple perspectives. This week—a panicky question about tattoo regret—falls more in the latter camp, and may just be good fodder to kick off a more general discussion about …
#215: Do you think of yourself as beautiful?

3 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

Morning everyone,Welcome back to Dear Baby. Before I tell you about the questions, a quick review of this past week: 1. I announced that my prices are going up on the 31st (tomorrow), so today is your last chance to sneak in on the $5 price! Great timing because it will unlock my whole column today. And 2. My podcast this past week explored my evolving thinking on “disordered eating,” inspired by something that happened to me recently and also the book I’m reading by Emmeline Clein.
15 things I consumed this week

3 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Haley Nahman

Hey!I am once again photographing the little pink buds that are peeking open on the Cherry Blossom tree on my block. I swore I’d stop taking pictures of it last year because I already have so many but unfortunately I’m sick... “The Making of a Modern Fashion Critic,” a perfect profile of the great Rachel Tashjian Wise by Eliza Brooke for SSENSE, which ga…
Rethinking "disordered eating"

4 weeks ago | haleynahman.substack.com | Emmeline Clein |Haley Nahman

Hey!In light of the obsession with thinness that appears to have reclaimed the mainstream, in this voice note I talk about my former food issues and something that happened recently that brought some of the memories back. As I mentioned in 15 Things last week, I’m currently reading (and loving) Dead Weight by Emmeline Clein, a collection of essays on hu…