#067: New look, same great taste

Introducing Digestifs.

I started this Substack three years ago because of my growing frustrations with the limitations of Instagram and TikTok as a creator. At the time, my publication was named Gut Feelings, and it felt like the most personal iteration of my online self. But today, instead of explaining why I’m changing my newsletter name, I simply present to you my new publication: Digestifs.

The essence of Digestifs, and the inspiration behind the name, lies in my tendency to mull over a lot of things. I never just simply experience things; I'm constantly curious. Digestifs captures the contemplative phase after returning home from the chaos of the outside world: pausing and processing before moving on with (hopefully) more clarity. It’s also the place where I want to share more personal insights and analysis about the influencer landscape, fashion and beauty trends, and cultural commentary on the various industries that I have a toe in. Digestifs is my next chapter in helping to usher people towards living their best lives: by an insider’s viewpoint, as I see it, experience it, and digest in real time.

I’ve written about my relationship with influencer culture on here before, and everything still rings true, only now I am more self-assured and unabashedly aware of all the perceived intricacies that come with the job. I don’t dislike the word “influencer” anymore, and if anything, it’s grown on me. It’s dumb that I once let others’ perceptions of the title affect the way I connect to this identity, just one of many facets of who I am. I can write about shopping just as much as I can divulge my grievances du jour or write a confessional personal essay. It’s all part of the world—my world—and we’re actually going deeper.

Thank you to everyone who has subscribed, read, shared, liked and commented. In my quiet moments of doubt, I remain grateful for all the beautiful and exciting things I’ve experienced and created thus far. For now, I am changing up my subscription structure.

A free subscription will get you:

• My bi-weekly Sunday post of ‘7 Noteworthy Things I Did This Week’

• My monthly ‘How to be Devastatingly Hot and Cool’ shopping guide

• Occasional public posts

A paid subscription will get you the above and my Deeper Digestions:

• All my personal essays, divulgences and insider recommendations

• My travel guides, which I am very protective over

• Access to my full archive, ensuring you are tapped into the expanse of a discerning and considered life

I’m launching Digestifs tonight with an intimate group of people I so deeply admire, and I am excited to commit to growing this space and connecting with you all. I am, as ever, an influencer, an internet person, a tastemaker. Now, I get to throw writer into the mix and really claim it like I mean it.

Welcome!
Laura