April 2011
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the end of manny-fest destiny →
February 2011
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September 2010
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April 2008
3 posts
WatchSteven Colbert’s “Cooking with Feminists” — Colbert cooks an apple pie with Gloria Steinem and Jane Fonda, while discussing women’s media. Are sugared McIntoshs on Comedy Central a step forward? Hmm. One of my favorite quotes — “I thought women responded well to a strong man who knew what he wanted…can you pass that butter, please?” -LSF
"French Bill Takes Chic Out of Being Too Thin" →
Today’s New York Times article does a nice job of summing up France’s attempts to target what the artice calls “troubled nutrional behavior” in “the sociocultural and media environment.” Now if only we could catch whoever made up the term “thinspiration”… -LSF
black widows in tel aviv
There is an incredible film festival going on in my city called DocAviv – The Tel Aviv International Documentary Film Festival. Out of the Israeli and Palestinian films showing, nearly all are critical of Israel through some political lens or another – and I’m proud to be a part of any festival that openly supports municipally critical art. The other night I saw a particularly difficult film...
March 2008
7 posts
post-attack texting, or; Sabra-cizing care
The “feminine” reaction to a suicide bomb is particular. They say lots of things about Israeli women (Sabras are prickly, tough, uninterested in sensitivity — ) but the women around me on the bus look coolly at their cell phones just long enough to make sure no one in danger has text-messaged them the news. The name of the yeshiva that was hit by the sniper gets tossed around a few times in...
dresses and married circles, or; asking for it...
You’re a woman protective of your body, and it’s hard to know where boundaries end and racism begins. Lean too far to the boundaries, and your metal claws are out, scratching up against what may well just be cultural misunderstandings. Lean too far to the politically correct, and you may well get touched more than you want to. Ali drove us back to the train station, suddenly generous in the...
going to vote today
for the first time: i am late in this unexpected sunday traffic, and directing a cab lost in the city to my grandparent’s house. pulling past the pond at the top of the street i see a gold mercedes idling on the far corner, coin-bright and waiting patiently. my exclamation halts the cab and i skip across the street, to where they wait my grandparents, placidly all dressed up from sunday...
bringing my own expectations to the dinner table
in the forest i didn’t drink whisky, feeling the weight of a full company of men i sat primly, envying the smooth liquor generating cheer across the space of the hut and trees. even i started in surprise when a bottle came my way, missing the offer of a drink to my astonishment when i learnt it was all okay to drink in this thai culture didn’t i know? sometime moments i froze in those...
February 2008
4 posts
All You Need Is Hate →
This and the below link are two articles that made me want my women friends and family around to talk to. Kate, awesome picture! MH
School Popularity Affects Girls' Weights →
Feminists Find Unity is Elusive →
This story is helped by the fact that I’m featured so prominently in the picture… but besides that, feministing.com is a fantastic community for women the world over.
January 2008
8 posts
acrylic economics, Jerusalem
Interviewer/Me: Given your views on the economic situation, do you think that the Israeli government should be providing more social services to its citizens?
Man: Well, that's a hard question. There are those people who yes, and those people who no.
Me: Can you explain?
Man: You know, there are the women who work at the office, and they sit there all day just filing their nails and flipping their hair, and they shouldn't be getting my money from the government.
Me: But other people should?
Man: Yes, but other men, with children, sick children and wives, we need more services, always.
Me: So those people, those who shouldn't be getting social services, those are just women?
Man: Yeah, pretty much always.
-LSF
Coalition of Women for Peace →
Coalition of women and women’s peace organizations promoting coexistence in Israel-Palestine.
overheard on st. marks and 3rd
Girl: Yeah…but I have my period, so we can’t have sex.
Guy: That doesn’t matter. See? It just shows that I love you.
Girl: What it shows is that you want head.
-KEK
“What you think of my shidduch” or; A kind of...
Yesterday I got hit on at a checkpoint between Israel and Palestine. Talk about the ramification of “hit on.” I was there volunteering with and interviewing members of the organization Machsom Watch, a group of older female volunteers who, since 2001 have dedicated themselves to monitoring the checkpoints that mark “borders” between Israel and Palestinian territories and within Palestinian...
