Haley Nahman
Writer living in Brooklyn and former Man Repeller features director; writes the weekly newsletter Maybe Baby on culture and consumption.
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Anticipating what could go wrong in a relationship is a form of self-protection, but it feels the same as anxiety.
Anticipating what might go wrong is a form of self-protection, but also, it's going to feel pretty much identical to anxiety, which is good to keep in mind.
haleynahman.substack.comSaid 20 Sept 2026This on korrents
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Marketing aimed at an identity group creates demand for that category rather than simply meeting demand that already existed.
It's hard to escape that economic engine, and easy to mistake its machinations for reality-a supply rising to meet demand, say, rather than a warped supply that whips up demand.
haleynahman.substack.comSaid 13 Sept 2026This on korrents
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From one piece #283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning out 2 beliefs · haleynahman.substack.com
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My general view on a partner with a challenging quality is that to make peace with it, two things need to be true: 1. They have enough wonderful qualities you value to compensate for it, and 2. They don't make you feel alone or lonely in dealing with the runoff of said challenging quality.
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Anticipating what could go wrong in a relationship is a form of self-protection, but it feels the same as anxiety.Their words
Anticipating what might go wrong is a form of self-protection, but also, it's going to feel pretty much identical to anxiety, which is good to keep in mind.
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From one piece #282: Movies “for women” 2 beliefs · haleynahman.substack.com
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The market has an incentive to privilege aspects of womanhood that can be named, depicted, and immediately recognized.
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It's hard to escape that economic engine, and easy to mistake its machinations for reality-a supply rising to meet demand, say, rather than a warped supply that whips up demand.
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From one piece #281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved off 2 beliefs · haleynahman.substack.com
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there exists a wisdom in the involuntary, and that our attempts to shape reality, however intentional, are themselves a form of unintentional expression.
#281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved offhaleynahman.substack.com
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Our respective choices didn't represent the right or wrong way to live, but rather two distinct approaches to living that were equally useful and utterly opposed; irreducible to prescription.
#281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved offhaleynahman.substack.com
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The Broken Earth TrilogyTheir words
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemison (The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky): Triple-Hugo winner. Stunning world-building. Really fun to escape into a series—haven't done that in years.
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Anna KareninaTheir words
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: Made the random choice to listen to this and loved the experience (especially for getting through some of the boring parts, sorry). Shout out Maggie Gyllenhaal.
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Lovedrcmnd.app
I Who Have Never Known MenTheir words
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Hartman: A quick and haunting bit of speculative fiction that I still think about all the time. Couldn't put it down.
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Dead WeightTheir words
Dead Weight by Emmeline Clein: Certain parts of this book really stuck with me and changed how I think, like the chapter on the psychological effects of restriction.
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Lovedrcmnd.app
Chirri & ChirraTheir words
Favorite toddler books right now Chirri & Chirra by Kaya Doi
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Likedrcmnd.app
The IKEA Pax systemTheir words
We now have two custom IKEA storage cabinets in our house (one in our bedroom and one in our living room). For both, we chose to have basket drawers on the bottom, one regular drawer in the middle, and shelves above that—the perfect setup for clothes and home goods IMO.
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Swedish dishclothsTheir words
If you're a paper towel demon and feel guilty about it, I can't recommend these enough. Perfect for cleaning counters and random floor messes (talking to parents).
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Lovedrcmnd.app
Boos blockTheir words
Bought after much cutting-board deliberation and based on your recommendations. We love this thing. We got one that nearly fills a section of our counter (between the stove and wall) and it's heaven to have so much space to cut various things at the same time.
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Lovedrcmnd.app
squatty pottyTheir words
I got the bamboo one because I thought it might fit the shape of my toilet best but I didn't get it for the look. It's ugly of course. Nevertheless I've become deeply committed to proper poop posture. I hate pooping without it!!!
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Lovedrcmnd.app
Grimm's blocksTheir words
I sincerely find these blocks to be perfect and transcendent to play with—it's about the dimensions, they all fit together perfectly like you've just beautifully solved a complex math problem.
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Lovedrcmnd.app
See's Bridge MixTheir words
See's Bridge Mix. My parents had this at their house when we visited in January and we've been buying them throughout the year whenever we come across a See's. The best box to have around the house.
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Likedrcmnd.app
McCann's Irish OatmealTheir words
McCann's Irish Oatmeal, which I find to be far superior to Quaker. When I make it with whole milk, I could eat the entire bowl plain.
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Lovedrcmnd.app
Tony's Chocolonely Lil BitsTheir words
Tony's Chocolonely Lil Bits (in Milk Caramel Sea Salt and Cookie Mix), which single-handedly got me through this work year. I shudder to think how many bags of these I ate, but I can barely finish an essay without one.
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Lovedsponsoredrcmnd.app
Sézane x New Balance 471 sneakersTheir words
Full disclosure, I got these for free, but have become unexpectedly obsessed. I wear them constantly and really like how they instantly change the mood of an outfit. Can't really say why they stand out since they're pretty basic but people ask me about them all the time.
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Likedrcmnd.app
Uniqlo x JW Anderson sweaterTheir words
It's a beautiful sweater and 100% wool. So far they're pilling a little (to be expected), so I'll definitely be checking in on this one next year. That price is hard to trust.
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Beliefs
Korrents What they believe 6 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
Each is a — compiled by korrents.com, not by them: the one-line wordings are korrents', the quotes are theirs.
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Anticipating what could go wrong in a relationship is a form of self-protection, but it feels the same as anxiety.
Anticipating what might go wrong is a form of self-protection, but also, it's going to feel pretty much identical to anxiety, which is good to keep in mind.
#283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning out Said 20 Sept 2026
A partner's difficult trait becomes tolerable only if their good qualities outweigh it and you don't feel alone dealing with its effects.
My general view on a partner with a challenging quality is that to make peace with it, two things need to be true: 1. They have enough wonderful qualities you value to compensate for it, and 2. They don't make you feel alone or lonely in dealing with the runoff of said challenging quality.
#283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning out Said 20 Sept 2026
Marketing aimed at an identity group creates demand for that category rather than simply meeting demand that already existed.
It's hard to escape that economic engine, and easy to mistake its machinations for reality-a supply rising to meet demand, say, rather than a warped supply that whips up demand.
#282: Movies “for women” Said 13 Sept 2026
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Markets have an incentive to favor the most nameable, easily depicted aspects of an identity group over its fuller complexity.
The market has an incentive to privilege aspects of womanhood that can be named, depicted, and immediately recognized.
#282: Movies “for women” Said 13 Sept 2026
There is no one right way to live; different, opposing choices can be equally valid.
Our respective choices didn't represent the right or wrong way to live, but rather two distinct approaches to living that were equally useful and utterly opposed; irreducible to prescription.
#281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved off Said 6 Sept 2026
Involuntary patterns reveal something true about a person, and even their deliberate actions are a form of unintentional self-expression.
there exists a wisdom in the involuntary, and that our attempts to shape reality, however intentional, are themselves a form of unintentional expression.
#281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved off Said 6 Sept 2026
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rcmnd What they recommend 16 things — each backed by an exact quote.
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Liked Uniqlo x JW Anderson sweater
It's a beautiful sweater and 100% wool. So far they're pilling a little (to be expected), so I'll definitely be checking in on this one next year. That price is hard to trust.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved Sézane x New Balance 471 sneakers
Full disclosure, I got these for free, but have become unexpectedly obsessed. I wear them constantly and really like how they instantly change the mood of an outfit. Can't really say why they stand out since they're pretty basic but people ask me about them all the time.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
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Loved Tony's Chocolonely Lil Bits
Tony's Chocolonely Lil Bits (in Milk Caramel Sea Salt and Cookie Mix), which single-handedly got me through this work year. I shudder to think how many bags of these I ate, but I can barely finish an essay without one.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
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Liked McCann's Irish Oatmeal
McCann's Irish Oatmeal, which I find to be far superior to Quaker. When I make it with whole milk, I could eat the entire bowl plain.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved See's Bridge Mix
See's Bridge Mix. My parents had this at their house when we visited in January and we've been buying them throughout the year whenever we come across a See's. The best box to have around the house.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved Grimm's blocks
I sincerely find these blocks to be perfect and transcendent to play with—it's about the dimensions, they all fit together perfectly like you've just beautifully solved a complex math problem.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved squatty potty
I got the bamboo one because I thought it might fit the shape of my toilet best but I didn't get it for the look. It's ugly of course. Nevertheless I've become deeply committed to proper poop posture. I hate pooping without it!!!
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved Boos block
Bought after much cutting-board deliberation and based on your recommendations. We love this thing. We got one that nearly fills a section of our counter (between the stove and wall) and it's heaven to have so much space to cut various things at the same time.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Recommends Swedish dishcloths
If you're a paper towel demon and feel guilty about it, I can't recommend these enough. Perfect for cleaning counters and random floor messes (talking to parents).
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Liked The IKEA Pax system
We now have two custom IKEA storage cabinets in our house (one in our bedroom and one in our living room). For both, we chose to have basket drawers on the bottom, one regular drawer in the middle, and shelves above that—the perfect setup for clothes and home goods IMO.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved Chirri & Chirra
Favorite toddler books right now Chirri & Chirra by Kaya Doi
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Liked Dead Weight
Dead Weight by Emmeline Clein: Certain parts of this book really stuck with me and changed how I think, like the chapter on the psychological effects of restriction.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved I Who Have Never Known Men
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Hartman: A quick and haunting bit of speculative fiction that I still think about all the time. Couldn't put it down.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy: Made the random choice to listen to this and loved the experience (especially for getting through some of the boring parts, sorry). Shout out Maggie Gyllenhaal.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved The Broken Earth Trilogy
The Broken Earth Trilogy by NK Jemison (The Fifth Season, The Obelisk Gate, The Stone Sky): Triple-Hugo winner. Stunning world-building. Really fun to escape into a series—haven't done that in years.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Loved The Door
The Door by Magda Szabo: My all-around favorite. Addicting, deeply charming, devastating. A protagonist I'll never forget.
haleynahman.substack.com 14 Dec 2025
Where they publish
Newsletter Maybe Baby Her weekly newsletter on culture, consumption and modern life.
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- An all-time nonfiction reading list 20 Oct 2026 Publish date: 10/11/26
- You feel ugly, unstylish 13 Oct 2026 A pep talk from the archive
- Dear Babies: My big brave breakup didn’t usher me toward bigger love 9 Oct 2026 I’m on maternity leave until mid-Feb, but publishing continues: expect a mix of archival digs, rec roundups, updates from Dear Baby and Dear Danny question-askers (!), guest columns by fellow Substack writers, 15 Things…
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- Goodbye but only kinda! 4 Oct 2026 Some words on my “leave”
- #284: Baby is coming 27 Sept 2026 I’m due to give birth in less than three weeks and I’ve decided this is the perfect amount of runway.
- 15 things I consumed this week 25 Sept 2026 ROTW: Coffee mugs
- My pregnancy diary 23 Sept 2026 Week 4 to Week 37
- #283: My boyfriend’s insomnia has me spinning out 20 Sept 2026 Welcome back to Dear Baby
- 15 things I consumed this week 18 Sept 2026 ROTW: Cozy things for lounging at home
- Dear Danny: Married to him, in love with her 16 Sept 2026 (2 hrs 21 mins) | Hey, Welcome to the last Dear Danny episode before I go on maternity leave!
- #282: Movies “for women” 13 Sept 2026 Women as an economic category and beyond
- 15 things I consumed this week 11 Sept 2026 POTW: On eating pints of ice cream
- #281: You, with a layer of paranoia shaved off 6 Sept 2026 On France, “coniunctio,” and amusement
- 15 things I consumed this week 4 Sept 2026
- How moving cities changes with age 2 Sept 2026 A question for the group!
- #280: When alcoholism runs in the family 30 Aug 2026 + why you avoid “working on your book”
- #279: The (dismal?) state of shopping 23 Aug 2026 A convo with Harling Ross Anton
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- Criticism of Disney Adults is a response to a deep American ill, but I'd argue it's also partly self-recognition. I wrote about tripping on mushrooms at Disneyland, the ideology baked into every Disney movie and park, and what Disney lovers and haters have in common (link below) 25 Mar 2026
- My claim to fame 20 Apr 2025
- Years ago someone told me they were invited to a women's lunch in New York hosted by Jill Biden and ahead of the event they were all told in an email that Jill Biden requested no awkward silences 1 Jul 2024
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- The backbone of the internet 4 May 2024
- A lot has been written about the extent to which robots now sound like people, but less about the extent to which people now sound like robots. 6 Mar 2023 haleynahman.substack.com
- Anti-social behavior like this is not mature, polite, or cool. It actually makes everyone lonely and neurotic 27 Feb 2023 haleynahman.substack.com
- The normalization of cosmetic procedures genuinely scares me. This is not the way! 20 Nov 2022
- karma increasingly a less relaxing thought 17 Nov 2022
- I finally wrote my anti-astrology screed 9 Oct 2022
- Googling symptoms after watching 8 seasons of love island 4 Oct 2022
- You should only feel pain when you need medical intervention. It shouldn’t hurt to stub your toe, hit your body on door handles, harmlessly fall down, etc. Really bad design 14 Jun 2022
- The wild acceleration (and disposability) of trends and memes now basically applies to thought itself. 24 May 2022 haleynahman.substack.com
- So funny that when my mind is too scattered to focus on something I go on twitter. “It’s hot today, gonna go cool down in a fire” 19 Apr 2022
- Our desperation to codify and commodify beauty has led us down a path of sensual decrepitude, of obsession and anxiety. And it's supplied us with some of the least interesting role models of all time. 14 Mar 2022 haleynahman.substack.com
- Do you ever think about how Sarah Jessica Parker’s name is Sarah 21 Feb 2022
- My favorite part of the vibe shift discourse is that the people who hated it—claimed it meant nothing—seemed to accidentally out themselves as believing it meant something. My newsletter this morning is about the irony of trying to stay relevant 20 Feb 2022 haleynahman.substack.com
- 22 privilege is if you were 22 when 22 came out 12 Nov 2021
- The dissolution of huge, dominating fashion trends is said to be a win for “personal style,” but what is lost in the pursuit of consumer-based individualism? I wrote about the current state of denim, and fashion more broadly, for the @nytimes. 10 Nov 2021 nytimes.com
- Celebrities are easy targets for moral policing—and not necessarily the most egregious capitalists—but it’s distinctly American that we rarely target them for greed. This week I wrote about public figures who sell their fans’ attention to brands. 12 Sept 2021 haleynahman.substack.com
- Wrote about envy this week and confirmed I am petty (thanks for the topical inspiration @ContraPoints) 5 Sept 2021 haleynahman.substack.com
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