This is the Old Snack Stack — you’re probably looking for the new one (which includes the full archives) and has moved to WordPress.
Please go to www.snackstack.net for the latest and best content!
Here’s a short explanation of the switch:
Substack has a Nazi problem and is also the home base for other truly horrifying people that the platform not only tolerates but profits from. I should have listened to its critics years ago, especially those who pointed out Substack's embrace of transphobic writers. I offered myself too many rationalizations for staying and it took me too long to leave and I'm sorry.
I'm not naïve enough to think that WordPress is pure and perfect, but at least it hasn't made "Bigots welcome!" part of its whole brand identity, whereas Substack leadership continues to shrug off the effects of giving literal Nazis a platform, to the extent that the New York Times has to fact-check them at length. Noxious assholes exist everywhere, but you don't have to offer them a streetcorner, a megaphone, and a tip jar. I can't believe I even need to type that sentence and explain this stance in 2024, but here we are.