Chanel Dubofsky
By Chanel Dubofsky
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Life An Open Letter On Abortion
Dear Friend, I am not particularly good at letting things go, especially in situations where I know I could have done better. Remember when you asked me in an IM conversation if I thought a woman should be able to have an abortion when she is 38 weeks pregnant? I’ve been thinking about what I…
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Life Not-So-Nice 2013 Jewish Guys Calendar
I know, readers, I don’t like anything: heteronormativity, fat shaming, traditional gender roles, the patriarchy, the list goes on and on. I’m impossible. And now, I’m really going to upset you, because here’s another thing I don’t like: the 2013 Nice Jewish Guys Calendar (Incidentally, it was tagged under “weird news” on the Huffington Post.)…
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Life Do We Really Need Gifts on Hanukkah?
I forgot about Hanukah. If I weren’t ridiculously obsessed with social media, I would probably have continued to forget about it, but my Facebook feed was basically torn asunder by pictures of glowing hanukiot surrounded by smiling people spinning dreidels and cramming latkes into their mouths. Were it not also for my social media “problem”…
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Life A Sisterhood Writer’s Election Diary
Tuesday, November 6, 2012 7.30 am: Nauseous. Proceed to voting area. Think about the subversive nature of my vote, and how we can’t let Obama take his base for granted. 9.30 am: Subway to office. Keep reminding myself that if the unthinkable happens, more people will be in the streets. The revolution is happening, and…
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Books Q&A With Novelist Jami Attenberg
Jami Attenberg is the author of “Instant Love,” “The Kept Man,” “The Melting Season” and, most recently, “The Middlesteins,” which Interview magazine called “juicy, delicious, dark smorgasbörd of a novel. (It is that and more.) “The Middlesteins” is the story of a Midwestern Jewish family’s relationships, realizations and appetites. Attenberg spoke with The Sisterhood about…
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Life The Sarah Silverman Situation
Recently, in a completely non-shocking, non-turn of events, a man attacked a woman publically for having some opinions. This man, Rabbi Yaakov Rosenblatt, told comedian Sarah Silverman that she might want to stop saying so many words in public about politics and, instead, get herself married and pregnant. An excerpt: I pray that you channel…
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Life Is God Male?
Before Rosh Hashanah began, I did some interrogation of myself. Not the sort you’d expect; it wasn’t an intake of my spiritual behavior or of my wrong doings. It went something like this: Chanel 1: I do not want to go to shul this year. Do I have to? I cannot deal with the gendered…
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Life What’s the Point of Girlfriends?
I think it’s important, before going any further, to level with you about what I did last weekend. I watched “Bridezillas.” A lot. If you’re not familiar with this show (and if you’re not, I don’t suggest rushing about trying to remedy that), it’s marketed as a program about spoiled, bitchy, selfish, insane women who…
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