Vol. I · Autumn Issue
N° 001 · The Purple Journal

Purple.

a journal for women who take themselves seriously
The Purple Journal · Every essay, every letter

The whole of the paper, arranged by feeling.

Purple runs three columns: Essays, long-form pieces that take their time; The Notebook, short weekly notes; and Interviews, unhurried conversations with women whose work we admire. Everything we've published lives here.

Essays

The long form
Ceramic mug of tea on a wooden windowsill at dawn
Essay No. I·14 min

Reclaim your mornings.

A small manifesto for the ninety minutes before the world is allowed in.

An open cream leather journal on linen with a brass letter opener across it
Essay No. II·11 min

The quiet year.

On making a career pivot in your thirties without announcing it.

A folded aubergine silk blouse on marble with pearls and gold earrings
Essay No. III·9 min

Dressing for yourself, at last.

On the year the mirror stops asking anyone else's opinion.

The Notebook

Short, weekly
Lavender tied with twine on marble, a silver hand mirror and a linen napkin
Note · No. I·4 min

The Sunday reset, in twelve minutes.

A short weekly ritual for women who do not want to plan their week; only to sit with it for a moment before it begins.

Stack of hardcover journals in plum, cream and gold with a pen resting on top
Note · No. II·5 min

On being under-scheduled.

Why the women I most envy at forty have less on their calendar than they did at thirty, not more.

A vintage armchair in deep purple velvet with an open book on the seat
Note · No. III·4 min

The corner of the room that is only yours.

Every woman I know who is thriving quietly has a chair, a window and a lamp that no one else in her household uses.

A morning desk with a plum notebook, fountain pen and a small vase of purple statice
Note · No. IV·3 min

The three-line evening entry.

A tiny nightly practice that does more for a woman's clarity than any of the twenty-page journaling systems.

The Sunday Letter

Get the Sunday letter.

One essay, three notes, one question worth carrying. Free.