Personal essay
A Woman’s Place Is Not In The Kitchen — Until It Is
I was raised to believe that a woman didn’t belong in the kitchen.
Why The Women’s Confessional Essay Is Here To Stay
Is there such a thing as TMI?
Taking It Personally: A Feminist Defense Of The First-Person Essay
The personal can still be political, relevant and poignant in the repressive time of the anti-immigrant, anti-abortion Trump and Pence.
The Tricky Feminist Politics Of Personal Writing
Let’s defend personal writing on feminist (and literary!) grounds and make a feminist case against a gender-based confessional obligation.
How I Hosted Shabbat in a Soup Kitchen
For the first in a series of personal Shabbat essays, Masbia Soup Kitchen Network’s Alexander Rapaport relays the story of hosting the first Shabbat for the needy in a new Boro Park location.