Gail Dines interviewed by Susan Schnur

Porn Vigilante

The remasculinization of Israeli men, “sex work,” porn’s Big Boys, Palestinian domestic violence, and other matters not for shrinking violets.

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I understand you became a feminist over a cup of tea.
I did. I was in a seedy café in London and I read Robin Morgan’s Sisterhood is Powerful. Being 18 and ripe for rebellion, I was seduced on the spot. The mission of women’s empowerment still rocks my world.

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Deaf Jewish women make themselves heard. Remembering Paula Hyman. Feminism and Judaism collide and cohabit. An immigrant daughter reflects on being green, and a greeneh.

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edited by Rachel Kranson

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DNA secrets, hidden identities • Breast cancer and Jewish women • Tillie Olsen: feminist foremother • At her ritual haircut, she knew she was a girl • The first lady of lox

Fall 2019

#MeToo stories • Jewish women and breast cancer: crisis, intimacy, recovery • Jennifer Weiner on “chick lit’s” power • Suddenly, period positivity • A feminist Jew’s tough search for holiness in community.

Summer 2019

Jewish women and addiction. 1960s & 70s feminism roars back, trendy again. Transforming Jewish life in small-town Maine. Choosing to be Jewish–thus feeling perpetually “the stranger.” Food writing by women that changes the entire culture. She redefines the meaning of Jewish art.

Spring 2019

“Unfaithful,” the theme of 3 prize-winning short stories • Israel’s little-known School for Peace and the woman who created it • The new questions those male policy-makers didn’t know to ask

Porn Vigilante

The remasculinization of Israeli men, “sex work,” porn’s Big Boys, Palestinian domestic violence, and other matters not for shrinking violets.

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