Leah Reich
@leahreich.com
I write about humans, tech, and culture, and about what I learned working for Slack, Spotify, and Instagram. But you’re probably here for photos of my cat Lumpy.
You should go read my newsletter at www.leahreich.com
You should go read my newsletter at www.leahreich.com
Thank you Adam!! It’s the last name that gave me trouble, as you might imagine
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Thank you Adam!! It’s the last name that gave me trouble, as you might imagine
"We're making a list of Jew names so we can giggle at them"
Baby, after the lists Jews have been on throughout history, this is the best you can come up with? People have been making fun of my name since 1981, it's time for new material
Baby, after the lists Jews have been on throughout history, this is the best you can come up with? People have been making fun of my name since 1981, it's time for new material
November 11, 2025 at 2:11 AM
"We're making a list of Jew names so we can giggle at them"
Baby, after the lists Jews have been on throughout history, this is the best you can come up with? People have been making fun of my name since 1981, it's time for new material
Baby, after the lists Jews have been on throughout history, this is the best you can come up with? People have been making fun of my name since 1981, it's time for new material
It's been a HUGE learning experience. I'm also organizing everything for her and her family – I found the lawyer, I'm the primary contact, I manage as many of the details as I can. It's made me realize 1. how fucking impossible it is for people but also 2. how much there is people like us can do
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 PM
It's been a HUGE learning experience. I'm also organizing everything for her and her family – I found the lawyer, I'm the primary contact, I manage as many of the details as I can. It's made me realize 1. how fucking impossible it is for people but also 2. how much there is people like us can do
I'm privately raising money to help pay for a lawyer to hopefully keep my friends from getting deported, and whenever I start to get panicky angry I try to focus on that
November 10, 2025 at 5:38 PM
I'm privately raising money to help pay for a lawyer to hopefully keep my friends from getting deported, and whenever I start to get panicky angry I try to focus on that
People want to be validated, not challenged. And the loudest voices drown out the rest of us.
November 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
People want to be validated, not challenged. And the loudest voices drown out the rest of us.
Sorry to be so immediately OH MY GOD LET ME BUTT IN but this is truly the work of my life (and I first went online as a college freshman in 1992)
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November 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Sorry to be so immediately OH MY GOD LET ME BUTT IN but this is truly the work of my life (and I first went online as a college freshman in 1992)
www.leahreich.com/feeds-and-fo...
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like, 1930s children's books with an element of Rockwell / Saturday Evening Post cover warmth I think
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
like, 1930s children's books with an element of Rockwell / Saturday Evening Post cover warmth I think
honestly everything about Wolf Hall is perfect
November 9, 2025 at 6:15 PM
honestly everything about Wolf Hall is perfect
I am writing about this! And trying to build something better - this is only one of my many newsletters about it
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The Big Moonshot
The year before I got hired at Instagram, I interviewed at Facebook. My interview was in the spring of 2019, two and a half years before Facebook became Meta. I didn't particularly want to work for Fa...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I am writing about this! And trying to build something better - this is only one of my many newsletters about it
www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
www.leahreich.com/the-big-moon...
I will try to put something together!! the thought just popped into my head this morning so I am unprepared but I will put it on my to do list ❤️
November 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I will try to put something together!! the thought just popped into my head this morning so I am unprepared but I will put it on my to do list ❤️
Me at a reviewer of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy: What do you MEAN Anne Boleyn's head gets chopped off at the end of the second book
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Me at a reviewer of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy: What do you MEAN Anne Boleyn's head gets chopped off at the end of the second book
ha!! so I want to look into the feasibility (and affordability) of commissioning an illustration based off a photo for a gift. Maybe slightly 1930s cartoon, maybe a little Saturday Evening Post Rockwell? I'm not sure but I have ideas (if I can afford it)
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
ha!! so I want to look into the feasibility (and affordability) of commissioning an illustration based off a photo for a gift. Maybe slightly 1930s cartoon, maybe a little Saturday Evening Post Rockwell? I'm not sure but I have ideas (if I can afford it)
oh sorry, it is a personal thing! As in, I want to look into the feasibility (and affordability) of commissioning an illustration based off a photo for a gift. Maybe slightly 1930s cartoon, maybe a little Saturday Evening Post Rockwell? I'm not sure.
November 9, 2025 at 5:31 PM
oh sorry, it is a personal thing! As in, I want to look into the feasibility (and affordability) of commissioning an illustration based off a photo for a gift. Maybe slightly 1930s cartoon, maybe a little Saturday Evening Post Rockwell? I'm not sure.
wow incredibly helpful response, thanks
November 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
wow incredibly helpful response, thanks
I haven't seen you in forever!! like online obviously. We should go have a coffee
November 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
I haven't seen you in forever!! like online obviously. We should go have a coffee
Hippos come to mind too
November 7, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hippos come to mind too
My great fear since I have hated wearing glasses since I got them as a kid in the early '80s. My refraction is SO high only certain frames work, and I've found one pair I like well enough and will not give up
November 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
My great fear since I have hated wearing glasses since I got them as a kid in the early '80s. My refraction is SO high only certain frames work, and I've found one pair I like well enough and will not give up