Physical magazine subscriptions? I’m drowning in substack subscriptions and craving analog resources. Open to any and all subjects!

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GK · Answer

The Unibrow: Arts & Culture

GK · Answer

Japanese Fashion Magazines!: I have no idea what they say but the styling is inspiring and I love flipping through the pages and getting ideas for putting outfits together. My favorites are CLUÉL and Fudge.

GK · Answer

Konfekt Magazine: I love this magazine from the group behind Monocole (also a great print magazine). It's fashion, art, design, music, and food with a European slant.  It's the kind of magazine that I need to flip through with my phone nearby so I can look up all of the recommendations that are unique to the magazine.

Anne Glass · Answer

Sunset Magazine: Design, recipes, gardening - nice to thumb through and dream of a western life someday.

graham · Answer

Flagrant Magazine: Great writing!

Ashley · Answer

Cooks Illustrated: This comes quarterly and is so beautiful and well done. Beyond excellent recipes, there are clever skills and housekeeping tips in each edition.

Clara G · Answer

The New Yorker: A classic. Always great writing.  Topical subjects. Good crossword in the back. Anyone who gets it can give you a referral for such a cheap annual sub.

Sarah Beck · Answer

Family Handyman: Do you wish you had a magazine version of This Old House, with DIYs that are maybe a little out of your depth but fun to read about? Very good Midwest dad energy here. My sister is also the Art Director :) available on Libby!

Janet Wallace · Answer

Garden & Gun Magazine: Not about guns, barely about gardens. Lots of great writing!

Karen Fischer · Answer

ELLE: I've been buying a magazine every time I fly since I also missed physically reading them. I have two copies of ELLE and really enjoyed both issues - great writing, good mix of fashion and profiles, a thoughtful political piece, etc. Vogue is great for all of the ads. I found Vanity Fair a bit thin, with an egregious typo in my issue ("Stephen" Spielberg, not "Steven").

Sarah Beck · Answer

Zine-A-Month (Anna Jo Beck): Nothing delights me more than receiving a physical zine from a guest contributor every month in the mail on really any topic you could imagine: the stories of grandmotherly heirlooms, movies by Almodovar, Hispanic candies, poetry about an apartment, and a dating simulation. Also, my sister runs this. She includes a newsletter with movie reviews and a list of her joys from the month. I've saved all of her newsletters in a binder. I love her and I love zine-a-month.

pino · Answer

doxymag: third issue just dropped 👀

pino · Answer

gunk.nyc: i believe u can get it mailed every month. but if you’re in nyc then there are many places u can pick up

Luba · Answer

GEEZER Magazine: Beautiful layout and fun, nostalgic Gen X content.

John Leo · Answer

Daybreak Magazine: It only releases about two times a year, but these are great! Incredible photography and great interviews with creative people in all types of fields.

Chiara · Answer

The Sun Magazine: This is a literary magazine that's been around since the 1970s that always has such a specific emotional impact whenever I read it. I will say AT TIMES it is a little bit "your older hippie uncle who is organizing the protest" - in a good way but maybe also sometimes in a way that maybe hits some cliches - but it's a magazine that's regularly made me laugh, cry, think, or consider a new idea. They have a "Readers Write" section where every month there's a new 1-word prompt and people write in personal stories; those are always really moving and unexpected. My best friend subscribed me to it when we were really young, and I kept it for many, many years (and at one point even joined a reading club to discuss it).

Chiara · Answer

Culture Magazine: Honestly a great magazine - not only are the pictures beautiful and the recipes always great/inspiring, they do really interesting articles (farms using kelp instead of grass to feed cows, to offset methane gas; spotlights on women/POC-led cheesemaking). I used to save each issue to read as a special little treat.

Paige · Answer

Orion: Really, really beautiful nature/science/life writing. “It is difficult to compare the shapes of trees with almost anything else. A flag flutters in the wind, and I can sense the longing of my mind to compare the character of that movement with those of leaves annotating the wind. But the flag mast is not a tree branch and no leaf moves like a flag, not even the banana leaf, whose behavior I’ve often mistaken for a Buddhist prayer flag. Sometimes when I watch leaves being tickled by the wind, I look at the tree nervously. It reminds me of a parent throwing their child up to the sky and catching her again, carrying her in so many ways, with risk as much as assurance. In this is a knowledge system of trust, how the branches hold the leaves and allow them to move without fear.”

Courtney · Answer

Interview Magazine: The proportion of the print magazine is stunning. I leave my collection out as decor in my guest room.

Maoxian · Answer

Muesli for Active People by Seitenbacher: I eat it every morning with blueberries and fairlife 2%, warmed up for one minute in the microwave.

Meara Daly · Answer

List of Magazines: Some faves:

The New Yorker

Upstate Diary

Monocle

The Financial Times /HTSI

Holiday

Harvard Design Magazine

The Panafold

annie downing · Answer

Neptune Papers

dhblikes · Answer

The Financial Times Weekend Edition that includes “How To Spend It Magazine”: British, bright, even-handed, inspiring, good writing, photography and stories.  The pink is the best.

Francesca McConchie · Answer

The Fence: My dad thrust a copy into my hands ahead of a v long haul flight and it was SO good... just great editing, great writing. Will be subscribing.

Wendy · Answer

bonusdaysmag.com: If you want a magazine with stories that you will never find anywhere else, with photos from an award winning photographer, check out Bonus Days Magazine. Bonus Days focuses on transplant recipients, caregivers and donor families. It is also the kind of writing and storytelling that anyone can enjoy.

Coco Quizon · Answer

Harper’s Magazine: Writing and subject matter are very substack-esque (not derogatory).

SarahBee · Answer

New York Magazine: It has a little bit of everything!  Politics, culture, fashion, music, art- I devour every issue

Sil · Answer

WIRED magazine: A recent subscription for me that I already love! Covers a much wider range of topics than I initially expected from the name, and with a nice variety of length in the pieces each issue.

Brax · Answer

CREEM: America's only rock'n'roll magazine.

Creem is for the heads, old and young. Covering all things music from local dives to arena acts and the underworld beneath it all. It's sassy, snarky, and unapologetic, but don't be fooled by their casual pseudo-apathy. This magazine is a sincere 144-page love letter to music delivered quarterly. It's got everything: poignant writing, dope pictures, cool art. The range and depth of pieces is impressive. I love the dialogue it creates between the music of today with that of the past.

Dylan · Answer

Archer Magazine: probably my favourite mag. so special to me. it's a print publication about sexuality, gender and identity. each issue usually has a theme, such as: disability, First Nations, ageing, pleasure, resistance, incarceration, etc.

Dylan · Answer

Catnip Magazine VOL 1: a magazine for cat people!!!

eva h · Answer

a garden & gun subscription: i have never been disappointed in a g&g recipe for food or bev. those pimiento cheese wontons are calling to me, think they’re up next to try.

Shea · Answer

Lux Magazine: Incredible left feminist magazine! Incisive coverage, amazing contributors, gorgeous layouts. “It’s sex, with class”

Sally · Answer

Stack Magazine subscription: It’s an independent magazine club that sends you one (beautiful!) indie magazine each month. You never know what you’re going to get which is such a fun surprise in today‘s on-demand culture

Samantha Culp · Answer

Periodicals: Here’s an ongoing list of my favorite periodicals across art, film, design, literature

bandy ✨ · Answer

hammam: a beautiful print-only magazine about water,  bathing, and the culture around it all