Kate Woodsome
Journalist at Freelance
Writer at Invisible Threads
Founder & writer, Invisible Threads. Won Pulitzer w/ @washingtonpost colleagues covering Jan 6 attack. Big thoughts on ties between mental health & democracy.
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1 week ago |
katewoodsome.substack.com | Kate Woodsome
Americans got grit. But we need something else. Grit, as defined by psychologist Angela Duckworth, is “a combination of passion and perseverance for a singularly important goal.” It is “the hallmark of high achievers in every domain.”Can you picture the clenched jaw and gritted teeth of someone who has grit? In the movies, it’s a lone hero pushing through pain, white-knuckling their way to victory.
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2 weeks ago |
katewoodsome.substack.com | Kate Woodsome
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3 weeks ago |
katewoodsome.substack.com | Kate Woodsome
Programming note: On Saturday, April 5, at approx. 12 pm EST, I’ll be live-streaming on Substack from the “Hands Off” protest in Washington, D.C. The action is part of a nationwide fleet of non-violent protests against the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s violation of the Constitution and rule of law, organized by the grassroots movement Indivisible. I’ll be witnessing the action as a journalist, practicing many of the tools below. This isn’t a guide to civil disobedience.
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1 month ago |
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1 month ago |
katewoodsome.substack.com | Kate Woodsome
I have the sensation of time folding in on itself, where past and present exist in a single, disorienting breath. It’s like déjà vu but deeper — more like déjà vécu, the sense that you are reliving rather than simply recognizing. The feeling crept in when President Trump ordered the dismantling of the U.S. Agency for Global Media on March 14, defunding and essentially abolishing the news outlets it oversees.
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Authoritarianism doesn’t always arrive in combat boots. Sometimes it fills the vacuum left by unprocessed trauma. This month marks 50 years since the Khmer Rouge took power. What Cambodia didn’t heal, it repeated. America, pay attention. https://t.co/nXI3S4BxxY https://t.co/GwKW0kqTBC
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