Rachel Baker

Charlottesville

Co-Creator at The Spread Media

Writer and Editor at Freelance

Writer & editor; co-creator of the Spread newsletter (women overthinking women, weekly)

Articles

Time (with You) Is Our Religion

2 weeks ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Maggie Bullock

Two veteran editors read it ALL and deliver to you only the best: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, and hot goss—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more.
Mrs. Robinson If You're Nasty

1 month ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker

Two veteran editors read it ALL and deliver to you only the best: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, and hot goss—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more.
The Stepford Diaries

1 month ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Val Monroe |Heather Richardson

Two veteran editors read it ALL and deliver to you only the best: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, and hot goss—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Want the full Spread, with all the fixins, every week? Become a paid subscriber here.
Bless Your Heart

1 month ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker

Two veteran editors read it ALL and deliver to you only the best: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, and hot goss—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Want the full Spread, with all the fixins, every week? Become a paid subscriber here. Spreadsugars,How y’all doin’?
Put a Bow on It

2 months ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Andrea Long Chu |Emily Sundberg |Elise Loehnen

Two veteran editors read it ALL and deliver to you only the best: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, and hot goss—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Want the full Spread, with all the fixins, every week? Become a paid subscriber here.
Pinups on Parade

2 months ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Daniel Oppenheimer |Allie Jones

News and analysis from two veteran editors who read it ALL to bring you juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, hot goss, and the odd shopping tip—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Today’s newsletter is free. (Cough, cough, sales funnel, something, something.) But if you want the full Spread, with all the fixins, every week? Become a paid subscriber here.
Ahead of the Times

2 months ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker

We’re here to reclaim the “women’s magazine.” Every week, two veteran editors read it ALL to bring you everything we believe women’s media should be: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, hot goss, the odd shopping tip—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Did someone forward you this email? To get the full Spread every week, become a subscriber here.
Exclusive! On the Mic with E. Jean Carroll

2 months ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |E. Jean Carroll

We’re here to reclaim the “women’s magazine.” Every week, two veteran editors read it ALL to bring you everything we believe women’s media should be: juicy yarns, big ideas, deeply personal essays, and hot goss—aka, the full Spread. Plus: original interviews, podcasts, and more. Come hungry!Sisters Spread,Everybody knows that in May 2023, a jury found Donald Trump liable for defaming and abusing , and awarded her $5 million.
Manosphere, Schmanosphere

2 months ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker

Spreadlings,Was it only a few feverish months ago that we were blithely rapping about the “Wife Guys” happily enjoying the view from the passenger seat while their female partners put the pedal to the metal? Bahahahahaha. [Pause. Wait. Nope, not done yet.] Bahahahahahahahaaaa.
Takeout, Anyone?

2 months ago | thespread.media | Rachel Baker |Amanda Montell

Spatchcockin’ Spreadikins,Just in time for the season of 12 hours in traffic, “bumped” flights, lost luggage, overtalkin’ in-laws, the food group known as Brown and the flavor family known as Bland, and crashing tidal waves of Mylanta, we bring you: The Annual Spread Thanksgiving Podcast Roundup! Herewith, gentle listeners, a combined 10 hours (or so) of entertainment guaranteed to whisk you away from it all. In mind, if not in body.