Rachel Baker

Writer & editor; co-creator of the Spread newsletter (women overthinking women, weekly)

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

Maggie on Ezra Klein’s sex appeal is deeeeeelightful

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[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@LauraMLippman Thank you, Laura! Women's magazines *are* actually amazing!

[Maggie Bullock @maggiebullock]

In this, the year of Julia Fox, Top Gun, “responsible ejaculation”, shrooming mamas, and Ginni Thomas, the Spread (ie: me and @iamyourbaker) humbly submits our picks for the best “women’s media” reads and writers of 2022 https://t.co/8F3JFrQDpI

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@BuzzFeed Glaring omission: Halt & Catch Fire

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@phouch Hard same.

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@ourobororoboruo @jessicadefino_ Love Kate Manne! Same!

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@jessicadefino_ Because perpetrators are human beings, too. And this one is a child. I can’t apologize for compassion, and I never said that the child shouldn’t face repercussions. There’s a need to hold space for both of these—anger and hurt and the need to punish plus compassion for a child.

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@jessicadefino_ I did read the Gawkers and will read JV’s. Thank you!

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@jessicadefino_ I am WITH Fiona (and you re Fiona) 100 percent. What I am trying—and obviously failing!— to say is that I found myself surprised to have felt empathetic for Diego AT ALL after such he committed such a terrible offense. That somehow the 20 years post-high school have changed me.

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@jessicadefino_ children of all genders deserve grace when they mess us up. Being part of a team raising a boy is indeed a ton of responsibility—I talk to our boy kid about consent and consequences at least once a week….

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@jessicadefino_ Hi, Author here! First time I’ve ever been called a “boy mom”—a term that I loathe and not only because I’m technically the boy’s stepmom—given that as of next week I’ll also be a parent to three (3) girls! My point that holds is that I think….

[Irin Carmon @irin]

Just a perfect synthesis of ignorance of the human body, people's actual lives, and instrumentalization of women as baby and feeding machines whether or not they want to or can.

[MediaVillage.org @MediaVillageOrg]

.@IAmYourBaker and @MaggieBullock last year launched their own publication -- The Spread. Learn how they're building their own business on their own terms to fit their own lifestyles. #WomenAdvancing
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[robbie myers @robbiemyers]

You’re going to love this Spread by @maggiebullock and @iamyourbaker! Insane Catsuit Posse, by @thespreadmedia https://t.co/T4Q23GIAKL

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

Marveling at how @NoreenMalone and @ClareMalone have the same parents. And how @dstfelix crushes the sex scene debate. And how @ajzaleski found secret male birth control that works. And how @jiatolentino brings out shiny @CandaceBushnell...in the Spread!
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[Meech @MediumSizeMeech]

This is true—I also remember someone saying that average freelance rates haven’t changed much since Jo March from Little Women won $100 for her short story contest in 1868. BLEAK!!!

[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

An embarrassment of riches in the Spread this week! Highlights include heroes @lisaxmiller @laurenzcollins @JenSeniorNY and old/new favorites @katiejmbaker @AllisonPDavis @g_bluestone Plus: A love letter to InStyle & @laurabrown99 cc: @maggiebullock

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[Rachel Baker @iamyourbaker]

@meaghano This is FANTASTIC service—I’m blown away!