Stefanie Iris Weiss
By Stefanie Iris Weiss
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Life One Jewish Feminist On Why She Participated In The Women’s Strike
I was politicized in my teens, first in the reproductive rights and environmental movements. Back then I hardly understood how my Jewishness informed my activism. It would take years of reflection for me to really get it: my leftist principles were wholly shaped by who I have always been: a Jewish woman in a world…
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Life Jewish Women Must Stand With Our Sister Linda Sarsour
One of the leaders of the history-making Women’s March On Washington has recently come under vicious attack from the right for being an anti-Semite. Newsflash to the skeptical: she may wear a hijab, but Linda Sarsour is a fierce advocate for all marginalized people – including Jews. Sarsour, a social justice firebrand and lead organizer…
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Life The GOP Picked a Hypocritical Moment For an Anti-Porn Crusade
I don’t believe in kinkshaming – sexpert shorthand for demeaning people for their personal sexual proclivities. Whatever turns people on is their own business, as long as they honor consent. Although the most recent news cycle has spawned thousands of “golden showers” jokes, the act Trump is claimed to have enjoyed is not the problem….
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Life With Trump’s Abuse In The News, Victims Speak Out
When I first saw the infamous Donald Trump Access Hollywood video a few weeks ago, in which he bragged to Billy Bush about sexually assaulting women, I instantly felt sick, enraged, and dizzyingly triggered. Little did I know that women all over the country – and perhaps the world – felt exactly as I did….
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Life Did Donald Trump Make His Biggest Mistake Yet by Fat-and-Slut-Shaming Alicia Machado?
Yes, he went there. Trump’s latest 3 a.m. Tweet rant is revolting, but not at all surprising, given what we know about his rabid, incessant sexism. Last night, four days after Hillary Clinton wiped the floor with him in the first debate of the general election, Trump began wildly tweeting about former Ms. Universe Alicia…
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Life I’ll Always Be With Bernie — But Here’s Why I’m Voting for Hillary
I’ve been a Bernie Sanders acolyte for years, and have watched in awe during the last 12 months as he took his rightful place as the progressive leader of our time. He showed up exactly when we needed him, taking the smashed mantle of the Occupy Wall Street movement and bringing millions of millennial voters…
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Life Going All The Way With Bernie: Why I’m Not Giving Up On the Man or the Movement
A few months ago I wrote a piece for the Sisterhood called Why I’m a Feminist For Bernie – and Won’t Apologize for it. Mathematically, Bernie’s path to the nomination has narrowed considerably since then – but little else has changed for me. The refrain I’ve heard from Hillary supporters has been the same all…
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Culture Enter David Duchovny’s (Half) Jewish New York, Through His New Novel
For both David Duchovny and the protagonist of his latest novel, “Bucky F*cking Dent” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) literary talent runs in the family. The “X-Files” actor and late-blooming musician is the descendant of several generations New York writers. The son of a Jewish father and a Scottish mother, he grew up in the East…
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