What is We Have Notes?

We Have Notes is a pop culture and entertainment newsletter from me, Abby Gardner—a person who consumes more content than the average human does or, frankly, should. 

Okay, but what does that mean?

Have you ever wondered what would happen if you threw together a Gen X/Scorpio/eldest daughter/fangirl with a lifelong pop culture obsession, the ability to consume and log into memory massive amounts of entertainment and social media content, and an outright refusal to fully grow up? 

Throw in the desire to make everyone around me care as deeply about the often inane things I do...and that’s We Have Notes.

I started WHN, in no small part, because my friends and family were always asking me for recommendations for what I was watching, reading, listening to, and so on. Oh, and there’s a podcast of the same name—though she is currently on a One Direction-style hiatus. The back catalogue is pretty fun though, if I do say so myself.

Each week we—and by we I mean the many personalities that reside in my over-stimulated brain—will be here to talk about the things everybody’s talking about. 

And…who are you?

I’m Abby and I’ve been writing and editing in print and on the internet since the late ‘90s. Yes, way back when print was a thing. I started my career at Jane (RIP, you wonderful magazine) and have also worked at Allure, YM (also RIP, you teen dream), Fashionista, Marie Claire, Cosmo, and Glamour. 

I started as a beauty editor before diversifying my portfolio to cover everything from beauty and fashion to politics and pop culture. I spend entirely too much time online which means that while I’m proudly Gen X at my core, I have acquired some Millennial and Gen Z tendencies along the way…and I think I’m all the better for it. 

But long before I was writing about such things, I was doing my homework in front of the TV, devouring the People magazines and Soap Opera Digests my aunt would bring over to me after she read them, and developing what some might call unhealthy obsessions for fictional characters, singers, shows, movies, and such. 

I am a fangirl through and through and encourage everyone I knew to never be ashamed about being into what you’re into—and to never, ever let anyone tell you you’re too old for something.

Like I said, I’m a Scorpio. I either love something too much…or hate it. Middle ground is not really my vibe. 

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I would love it ever so much if you would subscribe to We Have Notes. The Friday newsletter is free for all, but you can also get a paid subscription to help support my work. Either one is appreciated MADLY. Even after all these years, it blows my mind that people want to read the things I write. So, thank you.

Each week, I hope you will discover something that maybe you hadn’t heard about, understand a trend behind the headline you saw pop in your feed while you were in a meeting, or just hang out with me in my fangirl mania because that’s your whole deal too. Harries and Swifties of all ages, this is your safest of spaces.

For more, follow @WeHaveNotes and @abbycgardner on Instagram, @abbygardner on Twitter, and @WeHaveNotes on TikTok, where I swear I’m only mildly embarrassing.