Category Archives: gender

Mikvah – followed by Tefillin

This morning, on my 25th birthday, I put on Teffilin (my teffilin), for the first time. I marveled at the visceral wonder – wrapping leather cords around my arm – an act of prayer. Its pagan strange beauty made me … Continue reading

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Lessons from Family Law

I am loving family law more and more because family law provides unique insight to all kind of aspects of the human condition. In its ideal form, family law does not bother with a recounting of sins- it wants to … Continue reading

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A feminist critique of vampires

Vampires have been on my mind – this summer, I discovered the absolutely wonderful show, True Blood, and the books that the show is based on. It’s gorgeous and extremely erotic. Vampires represent our desire to be consumed. Generally, that … Continue reading

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END KIDUSHIN NOW

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

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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Perishing the Halahic Woman

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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The irrational fear of breast cancer

Last week I felt a lump in my breast – ran to a doctor, got a referral for an ultrasound – fortunately I have nothing to worry about; however I was seriously worried, even though I am only twenty -four … Continue reading

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Go forth and take nude pictures (of yourself)!

What is going on in our society when we are arresting teenage girls for taking nude pictures of themselves and sending them to their teenage boyfriends? These cases are certainly uncommon as of yet– and still, somewhat clustered, they do … Continue reading

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God, the egalitarian

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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where have the feminist gynos gone?

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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