Letter from the editor

Changes are coming

Author

Alexa Phillips
October 29, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 6 minutes

When I was the editor-in-chief of my college student magazine, my favorite part was writing the editor's letter at the beginning of each issue. 

I always loved it because it always set the tone for what readers could expect. 

I thought it was time to do the same here. 

This will be the final issue of Creatives Anonymous as it stands. 

Read below to see what’s coming next.  

—Alexa

Letter from the editor

For the past 1.5 years, I’ve loved exploring creativity and treating this newsletter like my diary. It started as a passion project for me —a way to get back to my roots and write what I wanted to write. It got me in the habit of creating for myself, something I longed to do. It was a creative outlet for me, helping me get through my client work. 

But this year, some things have changed. For one, the way I view content creation. As I’ve been creating, both for this newsletter and for my social content, I've realized I want to make content my full-time job because I love doing it so much. It brings me so much joy to bring my ideas into the world, to chase down rabbit holes and explore topics that I’m passionate about. 

This newsletter has given me a jumping-off point, but now I have bigger goals for what I want it to turn into, which means it’s no longer serving me in its current form. 

I want this publication to be an authority-driving piece of media. I want it to be a go-to source for learning, information, and inspiration. 

A few months ago, I introduced Culture Slant, a column that explored things from a cultural lens. And what I realized was that this is the type of writing I want to do more of. 

Don’t get me wrong—I still love the topic of creativity and everything that goes along with it—but I want a space to talk about other things that interest me too, like commerce, technology, media, and more. 

So Creatives Anonymous is rebranding to Culture Slant. And growing. 

My goal is to turn this itty-bitty newsletter into a full-fledged media company. Not just a newsletter but podcasts, videos, reports, and more (the vision is chef’s kiss). 

Here’s the mission: 

We help forward-thinkers shape what’s next.

Culture Slant is a media company for the next generation of builders, thinkers, tastemakers, innovators, and disruptors.

We approach culture not as a distant object to study, but as something we’re actively creating and participating in. It’s not something fully defined; it's made up as we’re living it.

We believe culture is co-created by those who engage with it, transcending disciplines and ideas. We see it as something profound, curated, novel, and nuanced, layered with context and meaning. Every trend, every meme, every fleeting obsession is a glimpse of what we long for, what we fear, what we’re running toward, or running from.

We’re not just here to cover culture—we’re here to crack it wide open.

Through strategic analysis, insights, and reporting, we’re here to decode cultural signals and trends, to ask what they reveal about our emotions and identities, and to find meaning in the tension between the now and the next.

My goals with the platform are: 

  • Give people a platform and a voice to share their ideas

  • A place to answer the big questions and explore the things that go unanswered

  • Explore and dissect culture as it’s happening

  • Creating engaging and resonant content that helps people think differently

  • Build something cool

Here’s what you can expect:

  • Weekly issues on Wednesdays (with the goal to increase frequency), but structured differently to include more sections and more content. 

  • More guest contributions (if you have an idea to submit, pitch it here)

  • Different kinds of content, ranging from interviews to deep dives to podcasts and more

I get it if you want to unsubscribe—I won’t take it personally. As Michael Corleone says in The Godfather, “It’s not personal, it’s business.”

Thank you again for all of your support over the last few years in helping me grow this publication. I’m so excited for this new chapter, and can’t wait to take you all along with me as it evolves.

ICYMI

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