Val Monroe

1 day ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe |Sari Botton

How Not to F*ck Up Your Facephilosophical and practical advice for anyone who's ever looked into a mirror philosophical and practical advice for anyone who's ever looked into a mirror

2 days ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new!Please hit that ❤️ above to learn why agreeing to disagree might be disagreeable for your relationships. But regarding agreeable relationships: Today at 3 pm EDT, I’ll be doing a live interview with Sari Botton, proprietor of The Oldster Magazine. I assume we’ll talk about appearance issues, but I’m sure there will be some surprises; you should be able to comment and ask questions in the chat. I’ll be looking for you! You can find the conversation here.

1 week ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe |Valerie Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit the ❤️ above to learn why tinkle may be a little star—especially in the field of agriculture. ✈️ ✈️ ✈️It seems like only weeks, but I’ve actually been in Japan for months. By the time you read this, I’ll be back in the U.S., scraping the winter grime off my apartment windows and wading through the swamp of mail that awaits. An unpleasant prospect. I’m trying to focus on the positive: my friends, the theater, in-person activism.

1 week ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new!Listening to various podcasts, reading various beauty posts, I’m noticing that even in some of the ones I especially like and think are smart, there’s bad beauty advice. Specifically, bad beauty product advice. Why? Likely because the hosts are beholden to advertisers in one way or another and, therefore, can’t afford to tell you the truth about the efficacy of most products on the beauty market.

2 weeks ago | valeriemonroe.substack.com | Val Monroe

Welcome readers, old and new! Please hit that ❤️ above to see how “give me a hand” may soon mean something very different. A personal question: Have you been crying enough? I imagine some evolved and compassionate HNTFUYF-ers will answer, Too much! Crying too much! That I would understand. But after a long catch-up with one of my dearest friends, I wondered whether she and I had been crying enough.