It's time for my semi-annual member drive. This one's bigger than ever.
Get a discount on Liberating Motherhood membership, and share your story of marriage, motherhood, misogyny, and growth
If you’re already a paid subscriber, scroll down a bit to read about the additional benefits and work you’ll be getting over the next two weeks. If you unsubscribe as a paid subscriber you will not get the discount, and depending on when you first subscribed, may be offered a higher rate.
Announcing the semi-annual Liberating Motherhood sale
Use this link to give a gift to someone else.
Today marks the beginning of my semi-annual membership drive, during which I offer a steep discount on membership as well as free merch. This offer is open to all new subscriptions (if you’re a current subscriber and unsubscribe, you will be offered a higher rate, not the discounted rate). If you’re a current subscriber, you can get the discount if you purchase a gift for someone else. As part of this sale, here are the benefits you’ll get:
You will lock in your discounted rate forever. As long as you remain subscribed, you’ll be able to do so at the lower rate, protecting you from future rate hikes.
You’ll get free merch in the mail. Simply send me your mailing address to zawn@zawn.net. Please type “merch address” into the subject line of your email, and provide your mailing, not email, address.
You’ll get a steep discount on a membership that is already an amazing deal.
You’ll get a discount code you can use to buy discounted gift memberships for anyone else.
VERY IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISCOUNT: Because of Apple’s monopolistic, rent-seeking behavior, they charge a massive fee on all Apple payments. The only way to pay in the Substack app is via Apple pay. If you subscribe in the app, you will NOT BE OFFERED THE DISCOUNT RATE, and will actually pay a higher rate than the standard rate. I don’t actually control this, and can’t change it. And it is always true that folks who subscribe in the app pay a higher rate. So please subscribe using the website only. If you only use your phone, you can temporarily uninstall the app to bypass it and pay online. Here is the direct link to subscribe: https://zawn.substack.com/subscribe
I offer free posts daily on Facebook and Instagram, as well as three free podcasts each month and at least eight free posts on Substack. In addition to those free benefits, paid members also get:
Eight additional bonus posts on Substack
At least one additional podcast episode per month
Early access to special work, such as survey results
The ability to comment on posts and become part of the community here
Access to the Liberating Motherhood support group, which is the closest many women get to a real village. You can learn more about the group here.
Periodic video chats, AMA sessions, and messaging threads for paid subscribers only
The satisfaction of knowing that your monthly contribution supports independent feminist journalism, elevates the real experiences of women, and pays for scholarships for people who cannot afford to pay (Note: information on how to apply for a scholarship is here, and in the footer of every email; scholarships are no-questions-asked, but are solely for people who cannot afford to pay—not those who merely prefer not to).
Additionally, all new subscribers will be entered into a drawing to get a giant Liberating Motherhood swag bag. Five people will get one of these in the mail instead of the smaller free merch.
All the bonuses you can expect during the member drive
Paid subscribers are the sole reason I am able to do this work. You fund the work, and I wouldn’t be here without you. So I’m sending some thank-yous your way in the form of a ton of bonus work.
During the member drive, I’ll be highlighting all the amazing work paid subscribers can access, in addition to the treasure trove of free content. So I’ll be keeping up with my usual pace of four posts and one podcast each week. Additionally, I will send out a bonus paid column every single weekday. I’ve saved some of my best and most interesting stuff for this sale.
I’ll be offering some other features, too, including:
Releasing data from several of the surveys I’ve conducted over the last month or two.
A live AMA session with me—date and time TBD.
A live video chat session with both Jeff and me. Our video chat is available to all paid Substack subscribers, and will be Saturday, October 25 at 8:30 PM Eastern time. This calculator can help you determine what time that is in your region. The live chat will be recorded, and available on Substack afterward. If you have questions you’d like to submit ahead of time, you can do so using this form.
Bonus podcast episodes
If you’re already a subscriber and my work has made a difference in your life, I’d love to hear about it. I hope you’ll consider sharing your story in the comments of this post. And as always, the comments here are open for discussing anything you’d like—stuff you want me to write about, questions for me, questions for the community, anything at all.
Zawn, your work finally put words to feelings/thoughts I'd had throughout my whole marriage (and even my whole life!). You gave me permission to be angry, and then you gave me a guide on how to use that anger in the most productive and healthy way for my kids and myself. Within two years of reading your work, I quiet quit my marriage until I had everything in order to leave, and then I successfully left my marriage, and now I am living the life I actually want. Thank you for your work 🙏
I get so much out of your work - I read your articles every day, absolutely LOVE the podcasts (honestly one of my two favourite podcasts and I listen to many) and love your collaborations with incredible women like Kaitlyn Jorgensen, Emma Katz, Kate Manne and so many others. The amount of work you put into this space is prodigious and membership is excellent value for the tiny cost.