Jenny Singer is a freelance writer and a former Forward staff writer. She writes a weekly Substack about living with anxiety, called “Uneasy Going.”
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze ‘Roseanne’ Returns: The Most Outlandish Things Ever Done By America’s Spitting, Tweeting Sweetheart
In the last year of the 1980s, the TV show “Roseanne” became the most watched television program in America. The show remained immensely popular throughout its nine seasons, and its star Roseanne Barr was hailed as the relatable voice of the working class. But if you are a millennial who has only heard of Roseanne…
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The Schmooze Jewish ‘Boys’ Are Deliciously Objectified In New Music Video
“I was busy thinking ‘bout boys”, sings British pop-star Charli XCX on her new single, “Boys.” The song celebrates women whose healthy obsession with boys haunt their dreams and their every waking moments and cause them to miss important social events. But the song’s music video, brilliantly, turns the male gaze on men — or…
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The Schmooze What Happens When You Quit Your Job At A Pizza Parlor To Open A Nicole Richie Pop-up Museum?
New York City is home to a bevy of thriving art scenes. There are the galleries of Chelsea, the jazz clubs of Harlem, the aspiring DJs of Williamsburg — and a pop-up museum dedicated to honoring the messy tabloid scandals of the early aughts in Bedford-Stuyvesant? Matt Harkins and Viviana Olen are the masterminds behind…
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The Schmooze On The 20th Anniversary of ‘Harry Potter,’ the Chosen People Celebrate The Chosen One
20 years ago today, Americans were introduced to the boy who lived, in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.” The world is overflowing with magic and joy and Potter-style resistance. While we wait on J.K. Rowling’s next work of witchcraft and wizardry, consider — would you read these books? “Harry Potter And The .2% Of…
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The Schmooze Web Searches For Suicide Soared After ’13 Reasons Why’, According To New Research
Do storytellers have a responsibility for their audience’s well-being? This debate has raged with the recent realization by Hollywood studios that depictions of stigmatized topics (suicide, eating disorders, sexual assault, to name a few) are a lightning rod both for viewers and controversy. Detractors of such productions received some hard evidence to support their claims…
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The Schmooze Only 50% Of Forward Staffers Get This Seinfeld Joke — Do You?
If Jews can’t understand a Jerry Seinfeld “Jew-joke,” what have these thousands of years of struggle been for? During “Norm Macdonald Live!” this week, a segment that surely will be the topic of many a millennial Jew’s future dissertation featured Seinfeld telling what he calls “the greatest Jew joke I’ve ever heard” while insisting that…
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Fast Forward Belle Chic Sorry About Tote Bag That Appears To Spell ‘Hitler’ In Glitter
All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes, it’s Hitler. An online clothing store was flooded with criticism this week for selling a tote bag that looks like it says — well — see for yourself: my fav colour is also hitler pic.twitter.com/0tMnOGpsOG — some quack ?? (@hurlarious) July 23, 2017 The loopy font on the…
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Fast Forward Matt Groening’s Animated Series Starring Abbi Jacobson Gets A Green Light
I don’t know about you, but if “Simpsons” and “Futurama” creator Matt Groening ever came out with a new animated series, I would want it to be 20 episodes long, starring Abbi Jacobsen, and produced by Netflix. Also, I would want Matt Groening to describe his new series this way: ‘Disenchantment’ will be about life…
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