Monthly Archives: May 2009

END KIDUSHIN NOW

Posted on May 28, 2009 by

I was in fact thrilled to find out that women apparently are less happy today than they were forty years ago – thrilled I tell you. Because that means that women are not complacent like they had once been. Women … Continue reading →

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The Girl and the Hedonist: An introduction

Posted on May 20, 2009 by

Catherine MacKinnon, a rather famous feminist, got famous by claiming most basically, that men fucking women (and even women fucking women) is eroticizing the oppression of women. Women are being oppressed through their desires. While, MacKinnon may not have actually … Continue reading →

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Ha-Sodot (“The Secrets”) review

Posted on May 14, 2009 by

I have wanted to see Ha-Sodot for a very long time, and while it proved to be far tamer than expected it is still a fairly good film. The combination of Safet, frum young women in medrasha, and lots of … Continue reading →

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Perishing the Halahic Woman

Posted on May 13, 2009 by

As I sit down to write this, I am reminded of the speech written in 1852 by Sojourner Truth, a speech entitled “Aint I a Woman?” In her speech Truth seeks to unite the plight of slavery and the plight … Continue reading →

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