Sarah Seltzer
By Sarah Seltzer
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Life Why Woody Allen Fans Should Stand Up for Dylan Farrow
Since Woody Allen’s stepdaughter, Dylan Farrow, has come forward with a harrowing story of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of the lauded film director, an obvious impulse for fans of Allen’s work is to focus on our own moral quandaries. “Uh-oh. Can I ever watch ‘Annie Hall’ again?” Whether or not to applaud art…
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Life The State of the Uterus
As the President spent his Tuesday prepping for a crucial State of the Union Address, Congress was busy passing yet another sweeping anti-abortion bill, this time H.R.7, a bill designed, primarily to further restrict insurance coverage of abortion, particularly for women with fewer means. It was part of another banner week for attacks on women’s…
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Life Roe at 41 Marks a Time of Limited ‘Rights’ and Access
Roe v. Wade turns 41 today. The past few years have witnessed the landmark Supreme Court, decision, which legalized abortion in 1973, become reduced to a shadow of itself, as state after state passed restrictions which winnowed down the ability to access abortion. We have covered these developments again and again at the Sisterhood. The…
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Life Abortion in 2014
A new year has brought with it the growing realization that in America, access to abortion is slipping and slipping away. It’s so glaringly obvious that you can access this trend in multiple different forms, from charts and graphs to quotes from national movement leaders to on-the-ground anecdotes. So, in what medium do you want…
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Life Nine Observations on Jennifer Weiner
We at the Sisterhood have been following Jennifer Weiner’s crusade for literary gender parity for years. Finally, the witty (Jewish) Twitter maven and fiction writer has gotten her own New Yorker profile by Rebecca Mead, complete with childhood description, literary analysis, a home visit and the immortal phrase “garotted with a pair of Spanx.” What…
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Life Jen Selter, Jewish Queen of Butt-Selfies
The New York Post ran a story about an unusual Jewish internet sensation — Jen Selter, the Jewish girl from Long Island who has leveraged carefully curated images of her rear end in yoga pants to become a star with a massive following. Her tale is a perfect example of the good, the silly and…
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Life How Can We Make Online Feminism Better?
Editor’s note: This post is the first in a three part series answering the question, “How should Jewish feminism change in 2014 to be more effective?” This past year was an extraordinary one for digital feminism. Debates and ideas that originated on the feminist Web became national news, as the generation of activists weaned on…
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Life 14 Jewish Women To Watch in 2014
Here’s a list of 14 Jewish women to watch in 2014. Some of them are rising stars, others are big names already who are likely have a lot of weight on their shoulders in 2014. Full disclosures: This is a biased list, tilted towards the media and social justice sectors including several organizations I’m loosely…
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