Sitemap - 2025 - Rob Henderson's Newsletter

Would Hitler Be An Influencer?

Feminization, Peterson Academy, Lenin

We Act Before We Understand

Downwardly Mobile Elites

Communal Narcissism, Extreme Opinions, C-SPAN

You Don't Want To Learn Everything The Hard Way

Second Son Syndrome

Radicalization, Defense Mechanisms, Fashion

Rage of the Falling Elite

Violence, Censorship, Celebrity Worship

Cancel Culture Is Not What You Think

What Charlie Kirk’s Murder Reveals About Historical Amnesia

Thoughts on Charlie Kirk + Manhood in the Making

Downward Mobility, Siren Song, Psychological Distress

Why Cancel Culture is Fading

The Gender Equality Paradox

The Unspeakable, Cancel Culture, Success Sequence

A Prize To Be Won By Fierce Struggle

Low Status. Medium Status. High Status.

Charisma on Command, Manhood, Narcissism

Orwell in the Gutter

The Contradictions of Sex Work

Hidden Calculations, Flow States, Just Asking Questions

Hanging with The Boyscast

Charisma Has Two Ingredients

Elite Overproduction, Schlub Feminism, Ben Shapiro

What You See Depends on What You Want

Red Tribe Aesthetics

Hard Lessons, Charisma, Dad Saves America

Sex Differences Don't Go Away Just Because You Want Them To

Simps and Pick-Mes

The Weird Reactions To The Sydney Sweeney Ad Are a Smokescreen For Widespread Romantic Desperation

Marriage Markets, Rage Bait, Life-lies

The Coldplay Kiss Cam and the Crushing Weight of Reputational Loss Aversion

Sexual Politics, Slot Machines, Poor Man’s Son

No One Tells You What It Costs to Climb Upward

Assortative Mating and Political Malevolence

New York Times, Daunting Obstacle, Painful Experiences

Intimacy Constraints

Neiman Marxists

Trade-Offs, Unspeakeasy, McDonald's

How To Stay Poor and Join the Underclass

When Vanity Meets Addiction

Social Control, Cigarette Packs, Momentary Pleasure

The Double Life of America’s Elite

Ask Me Anything—06/27/2025

Zohran Mamdani's Luxury Beliefs

22 Life Changing Insights, Social Mobility, The Times

Better an Absence of Men Than Imperfect Men

The Jungian Death Mother

Sex Ratios, Rioting, Marijuana

A Tax On Life

Luxury Lounges and Status Games

Grandiose Narcissism, Stamina, Claremont McKenna College

Tony Soprano and the Jungian Death Mother

Don’t Take Advice from Miserable People

Yes, Arguments Stand Or Fall Based On Their Merits But The Messenger Still Matters And If You Allow Resentful People Into Your Head, You’ll Be Fooled Into Carrying Their Rage As Your Own

Emotions, American Dream, Self-Esteem

Why Extravagant Weddings Are On The Rise At The Same Time Marital Rates Are In Decline

My Best Premium Tweets

Equity Meme, Dominance Disputes, Voter Preferences

What “Adolescence” Gets Wrong About Incels, Crime, and Class

Temporarily Embarrassed Aristocrats

What I Told RFK's Team at the Department of Health and Human Services

Reasonably Happy, Intelligent Partner, NYC event

The Dark Side of Desire

What Kind of Guy Are You?

American Renewal, Irrepressible Monkey, Psychological Distress

Older Generations Continue to Surrender Moral Authority to the Most Naive, Narcissistic, Impulsive, and Dishonest Age Group

Is a Man's Body More Like a Peacock's Tail or More Like Deer Antlers?

Status Cues, Escalating Signals, Luck

Experts and Elites Play Fundamentally Different Games

Unstated Rules Preserve Hierarchy

Modern Wisdom, Sex and Violence, Parental Narcissism

What Women See When They Look at a Man’s Body

What I’ve Learned After Three Years on Substack

Red Queen, Red Pills, Red Flags

Open Book, Vibes, Cannabis

Is It Ever Okay to Ask a Woman for Her Phone Number?

A Few Thoughts on Social Class and Upward Mobility

The Psychology Of What Women Want

Most Sex Happens in Relationships

The Carousel, Sex Partners, Gender Norms

The Age of The Social Paradox

The Social Paradox

Human Error, Infamous Heroin, High IQ

Piña Killadas: Thoughts on The White Lotus Finale

Troubled: A Conversation with Rob Henderson & Dr. Drew Pinsky

What Kind of Essay Gets You Into the Ivy League?

Dark Triad, Romantic Partner Selection, Dating Advice

Believe It Or Not, There Are Interesting And Non-Evil Reasons Why Your Political Enemies Disagree About Victimhood And Immediately Leaping To The Least Charitable Interpretation Is Stupid

From Incels To Sex Robots

Introverts, Dopamine, Great Scientists

Chekhov's Blender: Sex, Lies, and Protein Shakes

You Can’t Treat Me This Way

How Sneaky Men Exploit the Dating Economy (And Why Women Let Them)

Why Imposter Syndrome Is Most Common in Intellectual and Creative Fields

Princeton, Individualism, Social Hierarchies

Sometimes Money Can Destroy You Faster Than Poverty

Action Beats Inaction

The Hot Girl Economy, Drunk Driving, Ivy Leaguers

Family Annihilator Syndrome

To Raise Birthrates, Pay People To Get Married

Charisma and Benevolent Sexism

Office Hours, Birthrates, Authoritarianism

“We confess our small faults only to convince people that we have no greater ones.”

What the Trump-Vance-Zelenskyy Altercation Reveals About Dominance Disputes

Main Character Syndrome Keeps Getting Worse

Social Media Is Turning You Into an Informant

Hiring Radicals, Affirmative Action, Suicide Rates

Why I’m Making These Livestreams a Regular Thing

No Shame in Starting Over

Chaotic Permanence, Sex Differences, Elon Musk

The Reputation Reflex

Understanding Emotional Games

Avoiding the Hedgehog Trap

Chaos vs. Poverty, Intelligence and Personality, Live Event with Dr. Drew

Killing A Bad Strategy Before It Kills you

People Play Games Without Knowing It

Vulnerable Narcissism, Conformity, High Heels

Sometimes Readers Prefer Paperbacks

It's Time To Stop Blaming Misinformation for Cynicism and Mistrust

Mulholland Drive: Down the David Lynch Rabbit Hole

Violent Crime, Last Boys, Misinformation

Sexual Morality and Societal Progress

What I Learned After I Met Pete Hegseth

Schedule a meeting with Rob Henderson

I Was Mistaken When I Said That Giving Unsolicited Advice Is a Mistake

Tradwife Dilemma, Genetic History, The Great Gatsby

Games People Play

Pointless Pace Killers

Rich People Food, Daydreaming, Broken Windows

The Outrage About Chipotle and Panda Express

Apparently, A Lot Of Aspirational Elites Think Working At Chipotle or Panda Express Is Beneath Them Even Though It Absolutely Is Not

The Smoke Detector Principle: The Evolutionary Advantage of Overreaction

The True Self is the Person You Want Others to Believe You Are

The Point is to Steadily Advance Toward Power While Appearing Not to Move at All

The Hub Dialogues, Happiness, Bonobos

The Ideology of the Dangerous Female

Kill the Chicken to Scare the Monkey

Fear, Underdogs, Hard Work and Sacrifice