the braid

Substacknewsletter · by Rebecca Woolf · English

a newsletter that explores the braided experience of mother, lover and self. personal essays & conversations on sex, death, love, loss, parenthood, paradigms, identity, culture and coming of age. written by rebecca woolf with special guests.

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Audience
11K subscribers
Shown publicly on Substack
Publishing
Every two weeks
7 posts indexed in the last 90 days
Last post
Oct 2, 2026
28 days ago
Likely audience
Mothers
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#390 on Substack's Culture leaderboard

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the braid is a Substack newsletter by Rebecca Woolf covering Motherhood, Female empowerment and Personal growth. NewsletterFIT indexed 7 posts from it in the last 90 days, most recently on Oct 2, 2026. Shown publicly on Substack: 11K subscribers. It ranks #390 on Substack's Culture leaderboard.

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