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How Will We Remember Hillary Clinton After this Campaign? As ‘Makeup-Free’!
In perhaps the least surprising aspect of this election cycle, Hillary Clinton’s final moment in the spotlight, her likely-to-be-last day or so as a source of general interest, her last blip of fame before she fades into ‘oh yeah, that former first lady who once tried to be president,’ has involved a discussion not of…
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Proposed Georgia Bill Addresses Imagined Threat from Burqa-Clad Drivers
OK, my fellow Americans, my fellow Westerners, what will convince you that Let’s Ban Islam laws are a bad idea? Clearly appealing to multicultural values, to acceptance, to religious freedom, can only go so far, and can only reach the already-convinced. (The only Amendment that far too much of the country cares about these days…
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Links for Later: How Were the Five Minutes Last Week You Spent Not Thinking About the Election?
It’s been quite a week. I couldn’t quite handle covering the implications for Jews and for women, since it’s just too bleak. The implications for Muslims are more immediately terrifying, and everyone (not just Jews!) should join in registering as Muslims should it come to that. But please don’t feel you have to apologize or…
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Third Wife Club Hits the White House With Trump and His Aides
Donald Trump’s long and tangled history with the opposite sex was a main theme of the election campaign, as reporters dug into accusations of sexual misconduct, details of past liaisons and the candidate’s messy series of three marriages. As Trump, Inc. veers toward the White House — with the expected accidents and skids — it’s…
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The Anti-Trump Luxury Shopping Experience
It has been my mission, the last few days, to urge those of us who are Trump opponents to get our priorities straight. I’ve urged casting a wide net for ‘allies’ in this, the new resistance. I’ve wanted us all to set ideological differences and political purity requirements aside. Are you a #NeverTrump Republican? A…
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Trump’s Win Prompts an Urgent Return to Holocaust Testimony
My grandmother Ethel was a Jewish-Polish Holocaust survivor. Lines curled down her face and in the creases of her lips, showing every year she survived. Her dyed reddish poof of hair, over time, turned grey. She would place her hand, in a fist, over her heart. She was the strongest person I’ve ever known. “If…
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Bono Named Glamour’s First ‘Man of the Year’ at ‘Women of the Year’ Ceremony
Fine, so I don’t know much about Bono, other than that he’s the guy from U2, and that on BBC podcasts, they make fun of his earnestness. Also that he is a supporter of Jewish poetry, and an opponent of Donald Trump, so, go Bono! I mention Bono now, on the Sisterhood, because he has…
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Commerce and Resistance in the Era of Ivanka
Confession: While I am a Very Serious Person, sometimes I’m a Very Tired Person, but not quite tired enough for Poirot. At times like those, I turn to lifestyle blogs. I read about skincare regimes I’ll never follow, complicated meals I probably won’t prepare, that sort of thing. It’s escapist, a way to avoid tragic-information…
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No, Lena Dunham Did Not Bring About American Fascism
Back in July, when I saw that Lena Dunham was speaking at the Democratic National Convention, I can’t say this struck me as the best idea. A writer and performer known largely for the accusations of nepotism and privileged obliviousness she elicits from across the political spectrum was maybe not the wisest pick for a…
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Along With Being Hatemonger, Steve Bannon Accused of Misogyny and Wife-Beating
What should we make of Stephen Bannon, newly-appointed future-Trump-administration leader? One minute he’s protecting his daughters from the menace that is having to attend school with Jewish classmates, the next, why, it’s like he doesn’t care about the ladies at all! In the Huffington Post, Melissa Jeltsen reminds that Stephen Bannon, whom Donald Trump chose…
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With a GOP Government and Mike Pence as VP, Don’t Treat Social Issues as a Side Note
It can seem almost quaint to think that once, when liberals feared the GOP, we concerned ourselves with things like reproductive rights, as versus OMG IMPENDING FASCISM. But the thing with Trump is, we don’t really know whether he’ll be as fascist as we fear (although I’m team I think he’ll be quite fascist). We…
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