Welcome to Fan Mail, your favorite daily pop-culture newsletter! 💌
Hi, I’m Olivia — writer, producer, and founding fan of Fan Mail…
What started as a pop culture newsletter is now something more like a group chat for the chronically online.
Every day, I break down the cultural moments worth knowing about — with context, commentary, and occasionally a little crying.
I also interview the people shaping culture right now: actors, artists, podcasters, meme-makers, and messy icons who I feel have an interesting story to tell.
Read more about my personal writing and production work here!!!
…but Fan Mail is not a solo project!
Each week, I’m joined by two recurring guest columnists,
and who bring their own takes on music, shopping, weird political behavior, reality TV absurdity, and cultural trends to know more about.We also feature a rotating crew of five guest writers (and growing!), covering everything from internet nostalgia to sports media, microtrends, celebrity soft launches, and why you still can’t stop thinking about your ex.
It’s a collaborative little publication that doesn’t pretend to be above pop culture —but live in it.
What we do each week:
💌 Sunday
Every Sunday, Olivia brings you the best celebrity profiles, essays, fashion features, political thinkpieces (etc. etc.)—curated and condensed so you can skip the tab overload and still sound smart at dinner. If you want to go deeper, the link’s right there. If not? She’s got you covered.
💌 Monday
The first Monday of the month, Cassidy takes readers through the best new songs of the week that should be added to your rotation. You can expect all kinds of genres and all kinds of artists—nothing is too niche, nothing is too mainstream. You can also find all songs mentioned in a handy dandy playlist so you can follow along at home!
💌 Tuesday and Wednesday
We publish articles touching on the hottest topics in media right now and explaining them in a way you actually want to read.
Recaps and reflections on everything pop culture
Takes smarter than a TikTok recap, dumber than a PhD dissertation (just right)
Some light internet anthropology
And the occasional personal essay or think piece that reads like your smartest, most emotionally unstable friend wrote it
💌 Thursday
Our ongoing interview series with the internet’s most fascinating people — from actors and artists to meme-makers, podcasters, and professional oversharers.
We ask the questions fans actually care about — the ones that don’t make it into the press junket. No media training. No PR spin. Just real conversations with the people shaping culture.
We’ve interviewed:
The comedians behind Bodega Comedy
(Interview was featured in People Magazine, US Magazine, Just Jared, Perez Hilton, Pink Villa, Sportskeeda, Soap Central) !!!
💌 Friday
Week in Review by
A Friday roundup of everything worth knowing (and caring about) in pop culture that week. It’s a cultural debrief that includes mix of breaking news, media/business reports, internet meltdowns, and celebrity behavior. Think of it as your pre-weekend-dinner-download: the stories, headlines, and unhinged moments that are guaranteed to spark a group spiral.
Also includes a reality TV review (just cuz)
Submit or pitch pleaseeee:
We’re always open to smart, strange, emotionally fluent writers with something to say.
If you want to pitch a piece, contribute a Q&A, or become part of the extended Fan Mail universe, reach out to oliviadtauber@gmail.com with the subject line:
"FAN MAIL PITCH"
Let us know who you are, what you’re thinking, and why you think it fits.
Want to connect?
Open for partnerships, ad-based articles and collaborative posts, etc. Reach out to
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