I was sent a comment that a Jewish man wrote about my post “The utter depravity of Palestinian culture.” I’ll get to the comment in a minute. But for ten years I was a member of an utterly depraved culture. After I describe it to you, I want those of you who think it’s “racist”…
Now I know what it feels like
August 10, 2014
To be Israeli. No, of course I don’t know what it feels like to be Israeli. Nobody’s shooting rockets at me or trying to kidnap me or murder me. But I know what it feels like to be on the receiving end of “arguments” that are utterly demented, dishonest, and distorted. Since I wrote my…
I’ll tell you why everyone is getting naked
January 6, 2014
I just read a piece titled, “Why is Everyone Getting Naked? Rashida Jones on the Pornification of Everything.” In it, actress, writer, producer, and jewelry designer Rashida Jones expresses bewilderment and dismay over what she calls the “Year of the Very Visible Vagina.” This fall I was hanging out with my sisters, catching up on…
Preach it, Gene Simmons!
September 14, 2013
I don’t have anything to say about Gene Simmons’s personal life. I did watch his reality show for a season, the one in which his children confronted him with his failings. I’ve also seen the episode where he went to Israel to meet his half-siblings and visit his father’s grave. To me he made a…
The Elephant in the Room
September 8, 2013
Some of us see the elephant in the room. It takes many forms. I found a great article titled “Feminism: Unpopular because of bad marketing?” by Meghan Murphy. In it she says: And it isn’t only men who might react negatively to the argument that perhaps there is something troubling about the fact that, while…