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Link Letters

Free Friday newsletters with essays, links, analysis, commentary, and god-tier social media posts.
May
29
A Physical Education: the photo album

A Physical Education: the photo album

What internet advice is doing to our brains; what people with ear gauges' ears look like now; challenging Linda McMahon to a cage match. This is Link Letter 163!
12 min read
May
22
You only get one "random walk"

You only get one "random walk"

9 min read
May
15
Literal strength, in literal numbers

Literal strength, in literal numbers

5 min read
May
08
Ode to a Converse sneaker

Ode to a Converse sneaker

Plus: the Royal Ballet lifts; why teen boys love Andrew Tate; Schrödinger's cat is in a superposition of in, and not in, this newsletter (you will have to open it to collapse the wave function). This is Link Letter 160 (I think?? I changed time zones and feel wild!)
5 min read
May
01
on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺

on loving the questions, and the radical act of unfolding🧺

Plus: "I was not good at sports because I would not do sports"; one man's "before" and "after" broke the internet; LAST CHANCE TO PRE-ORDER A PHYSICAL EDUCATION! This is Link Letter 160!
7 min read
Apr
24
How to do a maintenance phase

How to do a maintenance phase

10 min read
Apr
17
The physical education of Sylvia Plath

The physical education of Sylvia Plath

Sylvia was crossing up fools on the basketball court, plus: a full-on mobility program; how brain-muscle crosstalk delays ageing; "I wish someone would have a competition for Mrs. Nothing!" This is Link Letter 158.
8 min read
Apr
10
A photo of The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron

'The Zen of Sports' in The Artist's Way

That's right: The Artist's Way endorses a little physical activity. Plus: the 'cereal mullet'; a citizen's guide to resistance; consider a second MMR shot. This is Link Letter 157.
11 min read
Apr
03
'Natty or not?' or not (I choose 'not')

'Natty or not?' or not (I choose 'not')

The futility of a constant debate about an extreme minority of people, plus: time to move beyond this protein rule; fat doesn't deserve its bad rap; powerlifting made me a better writer. This is Link Letter 156!
6 min read
Jan
12
A big elaborate library

The She's A Beast StrongList of Important Things, 2024

Significant trends in health, body, movement, and how all those things are mediated by, dun-dun-dun, institutions of power.
10 min read