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Link Letters

Free Friday newsletters with essays, links, analysis, commentary, and god-tier social media posts.
Apr
14
Taking down the glute god

Taking down the glute god

Against the almighty hip thrust; #WaterTok; brain butter. This is Link Letter 81!
7 min read
Apr
07
U.S. soldiers in drag in 1942

The time U.S. soldiers put on a drag show

Deficit Zercher landmine curtsy squats with knee lift; the Finnish secret to happiness; why we love to spin til we fall down. This is Link Letter 80!
6 min read
Mar
31
Run Medium, Squat Also Medium

Run Medium, Squat Also Medium

The class politics of Instagram face; buffing your glutes (metaphorically); one (1) Gwyneth Paltrow skiing trial recap. This is Link Letter 79!
5 min read
Mar
24
A greeting to arms

A greeting to arms

Swole Woman LIVE; a frittata recipe from chef/powerlifter/author Julia Turshen; ab etching's many pitfalls. This is Link Letter 78!
5 min read
Mar
17
['Can't Hardly Wait' voice] Totally Gwyneth

['Can't Hardly Wait' voice] Totally Gwyneth

Lifting more than Arnold; throwing a garbage bin; a gym for your feelings? This is Link Letter 77.
4 min read
Mar
10
The hidden problem of muscle loss x weight-loss drugs

The hidden problem of muscle loss x weight-loss drugs

A beautiful gym; telehealth ketamine; body by pancake. This is Link Letter 76!
4 min read
Mar
03
The good powder (snow) the bad powder (erythritol) and the ugly powder (kratom)

The good powder (snow) the bad powder (erythritol) and the ugly powder (kratom)

What happens when you lose ten pounds in a week; ultra-processed foods exposed; do not work out on kratom. This is Link Letter 75!
4 min read
Feb
24
Videos of yourself contain a different truth

Videos of yourself contain a different truth

Shy-girl workouts; an enigmatic cliff-diver; love song of a disembodied head in a jar. This is Link Letter 74!
5 min read
Feb
17
When there were three members of Destiny's Child in the Survivor music video.

What is it about sets of three?

Except when you have to do five. Plus: the swole women of Sparta; Tracy Anderson's "cutthroat empire"; skip the long run. This is Link Letter 73!
5 min read
Feb
10
enhancement of a demo gif of a fitness model performing a deadbug where her lower back lifts off the ground

Fact-checking the New York Times’s core workout

Plus: The hour 'twixt "babe" and "hag"; I for one welcome our now new protein franken-animal overlords; the teens are drinking "borg." This is Link Letter 72!
4 min read