Welcome to Crygest! 🌧️💖

Nobody puts a cry baby in a corner.

So, here’s the thing: I cry almost daily. You might even say I’m passionate about it. 

Naturally, I had to start a Substack on the matter because that’s a Thing people in Media do these days. 

I’m a former health and relationships reporter of five years, and I loved the job until I didn’t — but more on that later. Now, I’m editing other writers’ stories and realizing that I miss writing for the sake of it. So here I am, doing it just for fun. (People still write just for fun, right?)

For me, crying can be a much-needed physical release, the precursor to clarity, and a bridge to connection — with emo babies like myself, and with my deepest yearnings and fears.

So welcome to the very first edition of Crygest, a newsletter about the stories behind the tears we cry.

This digest about crying is for everyone, not just sad court jesters.

Here’s the plan for now: Each month, I’ll write about a topic that’s been on my mind and/or heart — and that’s probably been manifesting in my tear ducts. You can expect to read my personal diary entries, Q&As with self-proclaimed cry babies, and interviews with experts who can help us make sense of our tears.

I already have a few ideas, not limited to:

• Creating a morning routine I actually like and sticking to it for real this time I swear

• Cynthia Bailey and Nene Leakes’ friendship trajectory on “The Real Housewives of Atlanta”

• Killing the wart under my toenail little by little, day by day

• What it’s like to devote my life to an 11-pound sausage dog named Gretchen

Mostly, I want a space where my silly tales and musings can act as conduits for better understanding ourselves, the people around us, and the desires we share. 

So here I stand: A 30-year-old woman asking you to subscribe and make your cry-baby status official.

Tissues sold separately,

Julia

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