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Eat Your Feelings

Life's problems answered with food. An unsolicited advice column by Kate Messinger.

Newsletter · By Kate Messinger · English · Official site

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Sep 23, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 23, 2026

    Guest Check with Dia Lupo (opens the original)

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    If you don’t know who Dia Lupo is - are you even on Substack? The alt-beauty writer who pens Broke But Moisturized, a weekly diary that makes normal life (going to Costco, being 38 weeks pregnant) a deeply hilarious and insightful social experiment. She has a way of writing that is almost Proustian, without being arrogant or pedantic she can take the everyday and make it ravenous, exciting, and even profound. I read her writing and realize that every life is a fa

  2. Issue · Sep 8, 2026

    Tim Curry taught me how to get off. (opens the original)

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    I haven’t been able to write. At first, I blamed it on my potty-training toddler (he’s been holding his poop for 30 hours as an act of resistance) and my sudden pick up at work (stay tuned for an NYC event I’m producing on 9/30 with Mikala Jamison!). Then I tried to point the finger at my croissant-heavy diet, my husband, my dog, the moon, AI, that fucking guy with the sweet potato death whistle outside my window at 10pm (IYKYK Mexico), even on <a href="https://eatyourfeelings.substack.com/p/i-g

  3. Issue · Aug 13, 2026

    Guest Check with Robby Grodin (opens the original)

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    <img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="476.6144200626959" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QOiI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc9afd6ac-3ff9-4cfa-a384-d157395a6ca7

  4. Issue · Jul 17, 2026

    How to lose a lover (bisexual edition) (opens the original)

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    I’m dating someone who is totally fine, but I just know it’s not going to work. A normal person would just ghost them, or craft a very nice “it’s not you, it’s me” text. But I’ve tried this, and they really won’t let it die. Is there a way for me to somehow reverse engineer my break up and make them dump me and feel like it was their idea all along?- How to Lose A LoverIf I were a normal person, like you wish you were, I’d tell you to get over yourself and just be blunt. Breaking up with someone

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