the braid

"you don't ever let go of the thread" 1/2

on the life, death and legacy of my great aunt and matriarch: Dot Fisher-Smith

Feb 28 • Rebecca Woolf

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how to find words that don't exist

on reckoning and redaction

Feb 19 • Rebecca Woolf

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people are broke, desperate and selling their souls for the good of white supremacy just like they always have

it isn't just MAGA racists who are working for ICE, it's also marginalized people who are being bribed with healthcare and a livable wage - things that…

Feb 3 • Rebecca Woolf

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January 2026

The bravery of Iranian women, the hope of the peace-walking monks and the wisdom of Chloe Zhao

I believe that our survival in the darkness ultimately depends on our north stars. These, at the moment, are mine.

Jan 20 • Rebecca Woolf

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when the teacher asked "whose pleasure are you dancing for?" she paused for a moment and then said "mine."

or how attending a women only erotic dance class healed something in me, even though I basically only watched

Jan 9 • Rebecca Woolf

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December 2025

I think they call that a good run

eulogy for a minivan, etc (2011-2025)

Dec 29, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf

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the grief of a closed piercing

healing is hard

Dec 15, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf

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what does it mean when men are more turned on by women being the recipients of their orgasms than they are by us having them.

if a woman's pleasure isn't prioritized during sex, we need to call it what it is: masturbation with a woman's body.

Dec 3, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf

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November 2025

the cat is in heat

on breaking my celibacy and the insatiability of animals

Nov 20, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf

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the braid is three years old today and the bench sessions is officially live

a private stay-or-leave community for women contemplating divorce is now open. and a thank you for supporting the braid for three years.

Nov 10, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf

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October 2025

creative women are becoming increasingly dangerous to men who have historically gotten away with being shitty

on Lily Allen, David Harbour, and "Vogue World" as the perfect distraction for Hollywood's blatant muzzling of women's voices and our stories.

Oct 29, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf

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choosing the ache for more over the acceptance of less

on love, limerence and no longer martyring oneself on the altar of convention

Oct 23, 2025 • Rebecca Woolf and Mindy Walder

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