The good, the bad, the bizarre - Link Roundup, Oct. 30, 2009
The Good:
- When divorce is a reason to celebrate. [Sisterhood]
- "If you're happy and you know it..." Ellen Goodman refutes the results of the so-called "Happiness Survey." [Boston Globe]
- Cory Kahaney (one of the hosts of Making Trouble) hits the borscht belt with her new play. [TheJewishWeek]
- "New Jews" are doin' it for themselves. The post-baby-boom Jews embrace new approaches to Jewish culture and faith, which include praying in the desert, webcasting bible stories, organizing for non-Jewish causes, Jew-tattoos and punk rock. [CNN]
- With the emergence of women scholars in the Orthodox community, women are starting to talk about sex. [Forward]
- A National Women's History Museum on the National Mall? A bill just moved on to the Senate! [Feministe]
- Rhode Island leads the way with a curriculum on teen dating violence! [WomensENews]
- More on the Jewy-ness of Glee. [Tablet]
- Not your everyday philanthropy: Clitoraid is an organization funding efforts to rebuild the clit-- (clitoruses? clitori?) of women who have experienced female genital mutilation. [Clitoraid]
- “The Lady With All The Answers,” a new play about Ann Landers opens in NY. [Sisterhood]
- A new counter-terrorism report from the UN does a great job of considering and recognizing the rights of trans people! [Feministing]
The Bad:
- Gore Vidal is playing the "persecuted Jew" card for Roman Polanski. Puh-leeeeze! [Tablet]
- More transphobia in the media: this time in Seventeen magazine. [QueersUnited]
- Why do strong women roles fail in Hollywood? [Washington Post]
The Bizarre:
- Swine Flu isn't kosher. Good thing there are public health signs in Yiddish! [TruthPraiseandHelp]
- "Nice Jewish Boys" the new pin-up girls? Hmm... [Forward]
- Hummus for dessert? [MyJewishLearning]
Is there a Jewish way to celebrate Halloween? That seems to be the question for these Jewish writers.
- How to have a Jewish Halloween. [MyJewishLearning]
- A Hebrew Halloween: Looking at Jewish monsters. [Tablet]
- How pagan is too pagan? [Homeshuling]
- Jews and the occult. [Tablet]
- The pop-culture vampire trend goes Jewish in The Midnight Guardian. [Tablet]
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