May 2012
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Hey guys so I won’t have internet in my new apartment until Saturday, but I did want to let you guys know that during my weekly meeting with my supervisor today, we did talk about Matt Bomer taking his shirt off on White Collar.
Okay great.
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Tefillin for Women, by Women →
When Molly Moses graduated from Harvard University in 2011, she wanted to pray each day wearing tefillin. But she couldn’t afford the several hundred dollar investment required to buy a pair of the leather-covered boxes, which contain tiny parchments with handwritten Torah verses. Moses had borrowed tefillin from friends in the past; now she wanted her own set.
She had heard of organizations...
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I can't wait for this election to be over so I can... →
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What song did your parents introduce you to?
nprmusic:
Today on All Things Considered, Broadway star Audra McDonald begins a new series: Mom and Dad’s Record Collection. She shares the story of how a music box’s “Edelweiss” melody became her first audition with her dad at the piano.
We want your stories, too. What song did your parents introduce you to? What’s the memory attached to it?
As a child, my mother used to sing “I want...
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I mean, I'm pretty sure my job description says I...
me: [sent Arielle something I did on her behalf]
Arielle: you rock
me: i wanna rock right now
Arielle: you do rock right now
me: im rachel [lastname] and i came to get down
Arielle: there you go
me: i'm not internationally known
Arielle: you know people overseas
me: but i'm known to rock the microphone
Arielle: oh, you're quoting a song
me: lol, glad you got it
Arielle: dur
me: cuz i ran out of lyrics i know
Arielle: hahaha
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Watchdanielextra:
WATCH: Exclusive Preview: CBS’s new gay-themed sitcom Partners
Will & Grace creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick bring back the gay in what looks like a promising way in their new show Partners on CBS this fall. Starring out actor Michael Urie from Ugly Betty, David Krumholtz from Numb3rs and the super pretty ex-Superman Brandon Routh as Urie’s character’s boyfriend, check...
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$200,000 later...
Lexi, trying to figure out math: This is what happens when liberal arts girls try to bake cookies.
Me: Feminism, cookie-ruiner!
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Oh No They Didn't! - ONTD Hot 100 2012 →
“49. Jeremy Irons’s Voice”
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Emma Thompson and Jay-Z collaborating on Annie... →
itsdlevy:
I couldn’t make this shit up if I tried.
Oh, Emma, honey.
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Bein' a grown up, y'all
Me, running past my roommate and her friends in my boxers: HI!
Roommate's friend: Hi!
Me: Sorry I have to kill a really big spider!!
Roommate's friend: Yikes!
Me, grabbing half a roll of paper towels: I think I have enough!!
Roommate: Are you okay, do you want some help?
Me: NO, IT'S OKAY, I'M A BIG GIRL!!!
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Jews, Food, and Socialism
historicity-was-already-taken:
I spent the last two weeks reading 13 books in preparation for a 20-page historiography paper about how Jewish women experienced acculturation in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries and then writing said historiography paper. So you are all are in for at least three related posts.
In traditional Eastern European Jewish society, and specifically within...
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inothernews:
“All Sith Considered.”
— #NPRStarWars. (via nprfreshair)
Michele Norris should now have to do her best Yoda and intro the show with “Considered all Sith, have you, hmmmmmm?”
OH MY GOD.
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The Great Gatsby: some more thoughts.
Now that I’ve calmed down a bit, I’d like to articulate a bit more clearly why the new The Great Gatsby looks terrible: the answer lies in the difference between Baz Lurhmann and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Luhrmann doing Luhrmann is gaudy decadence. It works, 100% for Moulin Rouge! I even think there is space for his Romeo + Juliet. Fitzgerald, on the other hand, is understated decadence....
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Watchcleolinda:
(via The Great Gatsby Trailer and Poster Have Arrived! - ComingSoon.net)
@Ceilidhann: This will either be a stunning adaptation of a classic or a Showgirls style hot mess. There is no in-between. Bring it on.
OH MY GOD THIS LOOK TERRIBLE!!!!! THIS IS NOT GATBSY. SOMEONE GO GET ME ROBERT REDFORD, STAT!!!!
ALSO WHY IN THE FUCKING HELL WOULD YOU MAKE THIS AVAILABLE IN 3D???????? THAT...
I wish there was a third choice
onegirlrhumba:
svetlana-del-rey:
beyond the anti-Semitic tripe that was Jezebel’s coverage of the asifa and the “we choose our choice, and anyway every community has problems” denial of the Orthodox
yes
yes yes yes
let’s not pretend that the jezebel piece wasn’t crawling with antisemitic bullshit, but let’s also not pretend that orthodox and hasidic jewish women are waaaay more liberated...
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So this is the header image for Jezebel's article...
svetlana-del-rey:
thecakesokay:
I have two questions:
1. What the fuck?
2. Are you fucking kidding me?
“While men in traditional Orthodox garb filed into Citi Field as steadily as a never-ending line of ants approaching an anthill”
crawling like insects, dem Jews were
Anyway, of course one can say “Well it’s Jezebel, what do you expect” and technically the answer falls somewhere...
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“Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that...”
– G. K. Chesterton (via awhiterain)
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Today taught me a valuable life lesson.
When stressed out, massage chairs, riddle-telling manicurists, and 400 calories of chocolate WILL make you feel better about the unending turmoil the next three months of your life is going to be.
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Non-Orthodoxy & Social Clubs - An Anon Follow-up
lazersilberstein:
jewishatheist:
I received a reply last night to my post {link} where I last explained why I think reform judaism is basically a social club. I also posed a question there, “Do you see the practices you mentioned as divine commandments or as personal choices based on tradition?” which the anon addresses.
The short of it is that I wasn’t all that swayed from the anon’s...
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“I maintain that every civil rights bill in this country was passed for white...”
– Stokely Carmichael (via iwasabearonce)
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G.O.P. ‘Super PAC’ Weighs Hard-Line Attack on... →
The group suggested hiring as a spokesman an “extremely literate conservative African-American” who can argue that Mr. Obama misled the nation by presenting himself as what the proposal calls a “metrosexual, black Abe Lincoln.”
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lazersilberstein:
When I met him, I thought he was pretty obviously queer. And this may or may not be relevant, but he was wearing the tightest skinny jeans I had ever seen on a dude.
Haha, I went to a college so hipster that not wearing skinny pants was actually the real hipster thing to do so when I meet people wearing skinny jeans, I’m just like, feels like home. Also the queer...
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Dinner tonight: cereal, chocolate chips, wine. Mom would be so proud to see what an independent adult I’ve become.
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This is why we're friends.
Allison: Coincidence that anniversary of first treaty of Peace of Westphalia and Hummus Day are both May 15th? #deepthoughts
Rachel: Defenestration into giant vats of hummus??
Y-Love is Ready for Love | Out Magazine →
darlingtonia-californica:
raeliz:
WOW.
I didn’t know who he is, but I’m happy for anyone who comes out and also,
I’d hit it.
Y-Love is a black, Jewish (ex-Hassidic) rapper and just plain fucking awesome. I met him in August and totally fangirled and he hugged and it was awesome. He makes incredible music and I did a seminar project on one of his songs/videos. Everyone should check him...
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Y-Love is Ready for Love | Out Magazine →
WOW.
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Translations, thoughts on (im)purity and being...
This post should be subtitled, “how reading feminism into Leviticus brought me closer to God in the most nerdy way possible.”
So I have this draft sitting in my email that’s just a bunch of links I want to re-read or think about more, and I was recently reminded of this blog post, “Nidah and Radical Menstruation,” because the person who wrote it is related to someone...
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darlingtonia-californica:
raeliz:
lollapulizer:
“As egos collide, Black Widow—street name, Natasha Romanova—is the only character who does not throw a monstrous hissyfit. The only character to gather actionable intelligence against Loki from Loki. The character who not only literally kicks sense back into the brainwashed Hawkeye, but then absolves him of any sins performed while under the...
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lollapulizer:
“As egos collide, Black Widow—street name, Natasha Romanova—is the only character who does not throw a monstrous hissyfit. The only character to gather actionable intelligence against Loki from Loki. The character who not only literally kicks sense back into the brainwashed Hawkeye, but then absolves him of any sins performed while under the loony god’s spell. You want fearless?...
darlingtonia-californica replied to your post: I wish the people who send me emails on dating…
make a gif of yourself and send it to them
That WOULD be your response.
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I wish the people who send me emails on dating sites with a message that makes it quite clear that they didn’t even glance at anything I wrote could see the face I make at my computer screen when I read those emails.
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My mother
Since it’s Mother’s Day, I thought I’d just take a moment to tell you why mom is my hero. I know most people will say something like this at least once in their lifetime, but my mom taught me, without ever saying the word, what it means to be a strong woman and what it means to be a feminist. And because she never said the word, I grew up believing that it was natural to be like...
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Jewish Daily Forward: Three Reasons Obama's Right... →
Which brings me to my third point, which is the religious nature of Obama’s statement itself. What the President said today means little as a statement of public policy since it has little impact “on the ground.” It means more as an expression of personal conviction and conscience. What he said was that, over time, he has seen the truth of same-sex couples: that they are as capable of...
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To the tots hockey coach, who tried to coach me, a...
Kindly get the fuck out.
First of all, you are not my coach. No one tells me what to do with my body or my skating except the person I pay to be my coach. And I repeat, you are not her.
Second of all, you’re not even a figure skater. So where do you get off trying to tell me that I’m “putting too much pressure” on my ankles when you don’t even understand what it is...
