I RECOMMEND

My Feministing crew, especially Vanessa Valenti, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, Courtney Martin, Miriam Pérez, Jessica Valenti
Dave Gilson and Elizabeth Gettelman Galicia, who hired me as a Mother Jones fellow and taught me how to check facts
Jessica Hopper, who responded to a late-night emotional email from a stranger 10 years ago
Mark Schmitt, who enabled me to cultivate my feature-editing skills at The American Prospect
Edith Zimmerman, who paid me real American dollars to make hand-drawn pie charts
Doug McGray, who was a mentor and later recommended me for an exec-level editing job
Anna Holmes, who spent hours imparting editorial wisdom when I felt I was in over my head
My Tomorrow magazine crew, which includes Cord Jefferson, Zak Stone, Nona Willis Aronowitz, Megan Greenwell, Dylan C. Lathrop, and Tim Fernholz
Cyndi Stivers, who paid me to turn a Tumblr blog into a Columbia Journalism Review column
Maureen O'Connor, who hired me as a weekly columnist right after I got fired
Stella Bugbee, who has continued to value me as a far-flung member of The Cut team

Girls' Night In, Laura Olin and Austin Kleon for fantastic curated links
Pome, a short poem every day
Chappell Ellison's design roundup
Of a Kind's 10 Things
Zan Romanoff, Helena Fitzgerald, Dayo Olopade, and Evie Ebert for writerly dispatches
Small Victories, much-needed good news
Quartz Obsession, a deep dive into something very specific

An independent shop that sells beautiful, sustainable, stylish, size-inclusive clothes for very tall women. I'm talking 33" inseams and longer. I'm talking long-torso swimsuits with NO ruching. I'm talking a big selection of low-heeled shoes. You could even do a pre-order thing where you ask designers to do a limited run of some of their items with a longer cut! Please. I'm begging you. Start this business and take all of my money.
A bar that specializes in savory cocktails. This would be a place where everybody knows your name and also that you hate sweet drinks. The bartenders would be forbidden from describing drinks as "balanced." Give me the driest and dirtiest martinis. Give me the bloodiest marys. Give me salt rims. Give me citrus twists. Give me celery tonics. And pair them with an impressive menu of salty snacks.
A seltzer-of-the-month club.