Author Archives: Sotah

About Sotah

I am a firm believer that gender injustice is the result of a social order that tries to control the sexuality of women (and at times men), a.k.a the patriarchy. Freedom starts at the door of your vagina! I am a law school student in DC, with a background in anthropology, literature and jewish studies. I grew up with secular parents and practiced (and later rejected Orthodox Judaism), and currently practice an egalaterian form of judism.

Male & Female: Polar Opposites?

Posted on 11/12/2008 by Sotah

An article this week in the New York Time is suggesting that autism and schizophrenia are actually on the same spectrum, an idea that I find incredibly appealing. A strong bias toward the father pushes a developing brain along the … Continue reading →

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God, the egalitarian

Posted on 11/03/2008 by Sotah

Try googling “feminist Spirituality” (googling a subject matter is often my point of entry, as you might have realized, if you read any of my other entries), “mainstream” feminist spirituality is often connected with some version of essentialist feminism – … Continue reading →

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What’s Wrong with Marriage?

Posted on 09/23/2008 by Sotah

Patriarchy fucks as all (or gather doesn’t fuck at all) Below is a brief “chat” with a man who is relatively progressive – a good friend, and used to be rather kinky back in the day. Me: I am still … Continue reading →

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The pregnant body is the most political image on earth

Posted on 09/02/2008 by Sotah

The pregnant body is the most political image on earth. The pregnancy of Bristol Palin, the daughter of the gun toting, bible thumbing, baby popping, Republican V. P Candidate, Sarah Palin finally motivated me to write. Why is it surprising, … Continue reading →

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where have the feminist gynos gone?

Posted on 07/23/2008 by Sotah

A review of Capital Women’s Care I’ve always been a pick-you- gyno –out-of the-yellow-pages kind of girl, since all I needed was the birthcontrol prescription, and the gyno was the gatekeeper of the goods. At my University Health Center, the … Continue reading →

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Fat Girl Bikini

Posted on 05/09/2008 by Sotah

I googled “fat girl bikini” using several possible word combinations (ex: big girl bikini, fat bikini, plus sized bikini). Besides the fabulous post from Dairy of a Fat teenager, I found practically nothing. Main stream plus size fashion stores, such … Continue reading →

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Gendering pregancy and the normative world

Posted on 04/03/2008 by Sotah

There is at least one transgendered man who gave birth to a child. The birthfather’s, partner also a transgendered man, wrote an article about their life in the Village Voice. In his article he told the story of two men … Continue reading →

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Pregnancy is not for gendered women any more :-)

Posted on 04/02/2008 by Sotah

The right to give birth to a child is central right, a right that has often been denied to marginalized people, either through forced sterilization or through social control. Today the world is changing. So much so, that a transgendered … Continue reading →

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Being thin is not like giving charity

Posted on 02/20/2008 by Sotah

A brief response to Daniella: First, being thin is not the moral equivalents of giving charity. “Thinness” actually has no moral value at all. Second, it seems to me that if modesty was actually about not standing out,  it would … Continue reading →

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Modesty is a dirty word.

Posted on 02/19/2008 by Sotah

A few weeks ago a story surfaced about Ultra-Orthodox Jewish women in Israel wearing a garment a kin to a “burka” as a way of up-ing the anti on modesty. The original Haartz article on this issue is in Hebrew, … Continue reading →

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