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Stories that nuance, challenge, and embrace the messiness of money, privilege, and family.

Newsletter · By Susanna Penfield · Official site

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Sep 20, 2026
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Jul 12, 2026

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  1. Issue · Sep 20, 2026

    Growing Up Graham (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    Graham is my no-longer-little, but forever-younger brother.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="412.81776765375855" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r7XC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-po

  2. Issue · Jul 26, 2026

    Mac's Trash Redistribution (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Critical tone

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    Content warningThis story contains reference to childhood sexual abuse. It does not include description, details, or identifiers. It is not the core of this story, but it is context. Take care of yourself.In 2016, at age 33, Mac decided that the trash wasn’t going to take itself out.Trash, in this case, being the corrosive dynamic contained within the trust fund she was set to inherit. The one that named her as co-beneficiary alongside the relative who had abus

  3. Issue · Jul 12, 2026

    Mac Liman's Trash Inheritance (opens the original)

    Excerpt · Neutral tone

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    Content warningThis story contains reference to childhood sexual abuse. It does not include description, details, or identifiers.It does not make accusations that haven’t already been addressed, ask for forgivenesses that haven’t already been made, or expose narratives that aren’t already known by the people and communities they might impact most.It is not the core of this story, but it is context. Take care of yourself.This

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