I guess it’s not the piece itself so much as the idea that Kezebel would even consider running a piece like this. You are right that the piece confirms stereotypes and I think it’s becoming more and more clear that the argument I am trying to make—that it’s possible to engage with religion without being rude— is not…

Ok. Well they abound. Generally written by ppl who can’t even give belief systems the respect of calling them beliefs instead of myths. Check out my comment profile, I’ve responded to some on the El Al article (and yes I an Orthodox Jew who 100% sides with the woman in that article)

Well ok, but on the whole in the US people who belong to a religious org (any kind) volunteer more even outside of their communities, paritipate more in politics, have more social gatherings, so I’m not saying these things DON’T or CAN’T happen outside of religous communities, but on average in the current US they…

No actually, it didn’t make me feel better. I don’t look for validation from blog posts, and I spend a lot of time being vocally critical of my religion. I said that I thought the piece should have addressed more of the tension that should be inherent in being part of a conservative religion and sadly usually is not.…

Oh god. Typo/autocorrect problem. boderline antisemitism. I can’t edit anymore. :-P

That’s not what I am talking about. I am talking about the commentors who write things like, “yeah, and I hear they have this magic string that lets them walk around on the sabbath—which might be any day of the week, I don’t have enough respect to google it and harass women.” (and yeah, I inserted the respect thing,…

OK. Good point. BUT Jezebel is pretty strongly anti-religion. And given the feminism problems, I get that. But given how proudly people paraded their ignorance around Judaism on an earlier post, arguing that the ignorance—and frankly border-line anti-Antisemitism—was justified because there are problems with Judaism…

How is this not a giant violation of church and state? I mean, the idea that a fetus is an unborn child is a religious belief, right? So promoting this with government funds and requiring public school students to be taught this, should be unconstitutional.

Thanks! I've long been frustrated with how willing ppl are to be anti religion here when other things wouldn't fly. I'm orthodox but not charedi, and I grapple with a lot of the feminism issues, but for now have come down on the side of it's worth the grappling and changing what I can from the inside

This isn’t accurate. Do a tiny bit of research before you just dismiss a religion. Our sabbath, which is the English word for it, is from Friday evening through Saturday night. Eruv, the string you surely would never notice because it runs along telephone lines, doesn’t have to do with going outside of the house, it…

What’s best? “I just don’t think two driven people can be with each other... I just want someone to be nice to me when I come home from work.” (This from the guy who knew two facts about me when we first met: I was in grad school, and I was doing a competitive internship. So it took him 6 months to realize I was…

Why can I only star this once?!? He kept using as a defense that what he was reading is “outside the mainstream” thus dismissing all I was reading as “mainstream” though I hav NO IDEAS WHAT he meant when I asked him if he read the case for reparations and he said “that’s mainstream. This whole country is a case for…

Hi all,

This is exactly what I was talking about with my husband yesterday. We went to see Bridge of Spies, which unsurprisingly doesn’t pass the Bechtel test. I pointed out that they could have easily made it pass the test — there was a father-son scene that easily could have been a mother-daughter scene—but that was kind of…

EXCUSE ME: The media reports say she’s considering BARNARD, not Columbia. Now, I don’t know where the reports come from, but damned if I’ll pass up a chance for Barnard pride on Jezebel! <3

It totally should be! I don’t know why it isn’t. Until very recently I could still do the monologue lead in to the “It takes a Woman” solo I DID have, but I am kind of glad that brain space seems to have been taken up by something else.

I played Horace Vandergelder in a seventh grade production of this show, but they gave almost all my solos to other ppl since I really can’t sing. (and yes, I am a woman. I don’t think any guys auditioned).

I got an 100 dollar purse for my birthday (I actually got a good deal on AmazonPrime day! I think I am the only one). It replaced a souvenir from a Venice trip that I am 99% sure was made in China. I love that it is real leather and that it stands up, and that it’s large enough to fit essentials+ but not too large…

Aquaphor. It’s on the more expensive side, but I think it’s great.

Try something motivating, like classes such as FireKitty suggests below, or something like the app, Zombies, Run! Couch to 5K which I loved and totally got me off the couch.