Falling in Love Through My Thumbs, Pt 1
Romantic synesthesia with a man as delightful as he is distant.
The memoirist
Dana DuBois
Dana DuBois is a memoirist and Gen X word nerd based in the Pacific Northwest. She founded I Write Out Loud, her Substack publication, where she writes across a range of subjects; parenting, music and pop culture, relationships, and feminism are her favorites. She co-hosts The Daily Whatever Show. Em dashes, Oxford commas, and well-placed semicolons make her heart happy.
Stories by Dana
The Daily Whatever, August 8: Fucked-Up Friday with Frederic Poag
Chat, it never fails....Frederic comes on and Dana's late, and then we GO DEEP
The Daily Whatever, Aug 7: Stomping Trolls with the Opinionated Ogre
The Daily Whatever, Aug 6: Parenting Trans Kids with Melissa Corrigan & Sophia Kelly Grace
A Pink Hair & Pronouns reunion
The Daily Whatever, Aug 5: Little "R” Relationships
What it's like to stick around with Mr. Not-Quite-Right
The Daily Whatever, August 4: Light Shines Through, Ch. 4 | Sharon
Celebrating milestones, and a reading from my latest chapter
I Had a Little “R” Relationship
A GenX romantic idealist reckons with finding — and then losing — Mr. Not-Quite-Right
GenXy Ice Bucket Challenge for 70 Paid Subscribers (Dana’s Version)
Also my first-ever wet t-shirt contest, I guess?
The Daily Whatever, Aug 2: Karaoke Party 🎉
Celebrating a milestone and our community with karaoke
The Daily Whatever, Aug 1: Fucked-Up Friday with K.R. Byers
Our weekly competition for the most fucked-up news story out there...
The Daily Whatever, July 31: Bathrobe Day with the Bathrobe Guy and Karen Marie Shelton
Celebrating 60 paid subscribers with two valued members of our Whatever community!
Three Pride Flags. Three Brave Tweens. One Scared Bigot.
In our queer-friendly neighborhood, I thought they were safe. I was wrong.
The Daily Whatever, July 30: Feminism Without Misandry with Dr. Amber Hull
From butt stuff to women's health to expatriating to Canada, Dr. Hull wowed us all
The Daily Whatever, July 29: Lawrence’s Latest Novel Chapter
An introduction to Jackie from Light Shines Through
The Daily Whatever, July 28: Hit Me with That GLP-1 Shot
A recording from Lawrence Winnerman's live video
I Took the Shot. I Didn't Expect It to Heal so Much More Than My Hunger.
A GenX woman on what her family taught her about food-and what semaglutide helped her unlearn.
This Week on the Daily Whatever (Week of Aug 4)
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The Daily Whatever, July 26: Saturday Grab Bag
A birthday report from Dana, and Brandon jumps in!
Nothing Compares to Sinéad
May she sleep with a clear conscience, may she sleep in peace.
The Daily Whatever, July 25: Fucked-Up Friday with Dash from the Halfway Cafe
In a week full of weird & sucky news, we had a plethora of choices for most fucked-up
The Daily Whatever, July 22: Middle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year Old
A conversation about the male gaze and objectification which included a pop-up creep
The Daily Whatever, July 21: Lawrence’s Latest Chapters
Lawrence reads us the latest chapter from his novel, and we're all transfixed by his voice.
Middle-Aged Men Keep Ogling My 16-Year-Old
A Gen X mom explores sexuality, beauty, aging, and modern-day feminism in an era of “your body, my choice”
The Daily Whatever, July 19: A Formal Affair to Celebrate 40 Paid Subs
With our 40th subscriber--and dear friend--Sunny Hong!