Rosie Schaap

The ‘Little Scorpion’ of the French Riviera

I bet Thomas Pynchon is furious that he didn’t come up with the name ‘Severin Wunderman’ before real life did.

Too Much With Us, Late and Soon A Reflective Winter Solstice

"We may not all conceive of whatever it is as ‘holy,’ but I think most of us are seeking something that is beautiful and marvellous to us in some singular, seemingly intangible way. Like a more just world, with less cruelty, less suffering...this is the kind of ‘holiness’ I seek."

My latest post:

Madagascar [Opus 104] How terrible to entertain a lunatic! / To keep his earnestness from coming close!

I love a good literary hoax, especially if it’s at the expense of Modernism. But these are my takeaways from ‘about this poem’: Witter Bynner was an asshole; the hostess a hero; I hope the waitress sued.

Friends I have a lot of shallots in need of thin slicing and I can’t find the finger guard for my mandoline but I’m going in anyway.

No, YOU Do the Math (because I can’t)

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If finance is math, do I even stand a chance?

Screenshot of a tweet from Joyce Carol Oates posted on Sunday, November 9th that reads "so curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates--scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. in fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. the poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world."

Found the tweet that Joyce Carol Oates bodied Elon Musk with and it's so beautiful in its eloquent, simple take down. So much so he's crashing out trying to prove he reads books now. Put this in the Louvre.

Can’t help it: it pleases me to think of Kim Davis as the gay divorcee.

IN FULL - the moving tribute to Dame Patricia Routledge delivered at her funeral Dame Patricia Routledge - the full text of the tribute given at her Funeral in Chichester Cathedral on 5 November 2025 by the Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling, former Dean of Chichester.

FROM THE ANNALS OF UNEXPECTED CELEBRITY OF WHICH I DO NOT FEEL WORTHY

It has come to my attention that I was quoted by the Very Reverend Nicholas Frayling at the funeral of the great Dame Patricia Routledge. I should just retire now.

#hyacinthbucketforever

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You’d think they’d at least have made the password Louvre1!

Folks better get their benefits stat!

The New Yorker Mamdani cover is great but I just can’t bring myself to share an image with a Yankees cap.

Marathon day is one of NYC’s greatest annual occasions; I miss it. Here’s one reason why:

The people of Sudan are enduring unimaginable suffering - and the world is watching.

I have written to the Foreign Secretary demanding the suspension of arms sales to the UAE.

I agree. My last few years in Brooklyn, it made me sad seeing kids only going to shops and restaurants in the neighbourhood, not ringing neighbours’ doorbells.

Play Money And the cruelty of shutting down SNAP

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what stage of capitalism is this

Halloween, or Samhain Pumpkins, or Turnips

This dog would like you to read this newsletter.

Must I Create a System? And if so, can you please tell me how?

Must I Create a System?
featuring W. Blake, S. Beckett, and being shit at math

"How does your relationship with money affect your emotions?" + some actual health and safety

Keris Fox is, in my experience, basically a unicorn: a writer who actually loves talking about money! She interviewed me for her excellent Substack, The Ladybird Purse. 🐞💰🦄

Rosie Schaap (@rosieschaap) New post! Library card catalogs. Eastern European poetry. Folly. Tulips. Wastefulness.

New post! Tulips! Poetry! Human folly!

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Broke or Poor? Because they're not synonymous

New post on ROSIE SCHAAP IS BROKE. How do you describe the difference between being broke and being poor?

Noodling And Some Reflections on Larne

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he’s a nut ❤️

Beyond Our Means Or, Why I Hate the Telephone

New post up at ROSIE $CHAAP IS BROKE. We lived pretty large in my childhood home. There were consequences.

Stormy Weather and pennies from heaven

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Milo implores you to read it, and to subscribe. And to give him treats, stat.

About - ROSIE SCHAAP IS BROKE I’m a writer. I’m broke. I’m writing a new book about being broke. Click to read ROSIE SCHAAP IS BROKE, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.

I've just launched ROSIE SCHAAP IS BROKE, a newsletter (mostly) focused on personal finance, by a person who doesn’t understand money at all!

Can I sort my shambolic financial self out and be debt-free by 2030? I hope you'll subscribe and join the conversation.

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Canceling Jimmy Kimmel show is not about Charlie Kirk, just like going after universities was not about antisemitism and occupying DC was not about fighting crime.

SO GOOD.

Yeah, still do

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