Dealing with a husband's BCAD -- or Birth Control Anxiety Disorder. Holding the rebbetzin hostage, attending Bonei Olam parties, and more.
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Oh, Baby!
November 1, 2011 / 13 comments
Tags: babies, childen, featured, pregnancy, women
Posted in Best of the Blogs, Essays, Family, First Person, Reflections, Religion, Topics
Best of the Blogs
Fitting In
August 24, 2011 / 19 comments
Celebrities flit around a Chasidic wedding.
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Tags: Best of the Blogs, Hillary Clinton, Paris Hilton
Posted in Best of the Blogs, Essays, Family, Topics
First Person
The Get
June 23, 2011 / 109 comments
Although desperate for her freedom, a Satmar woman finds her heart breaking as her husband grants her a divorce.
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Tags: divorce, featured, First Person, get, marriage
Posted in Contests, Essays, First Person, Love & Sex, Winter 2011 Contest
Humor
The Joke Is On You
May 30, 2011 / 12 comments
Shpitzle steals from the mikva and submits herself to the horrors of universal feminine rituals.
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Tags: humor, immigrant, manicure, mikva, navel, pedicure, sex
Posted in Contests, Essays, First Person, Winter 2011 Contest
From the Archives
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Can the Ethiopian Change His Skin?
By A.M. Yehuda
It used to be, you could trace my crazy years with your finger, from the melted skin on my right wrist to the map of scars and burns and scrapes across the rest of my body. Now, if you put your finger on me, I would punch you and call the cops.
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The Great Glass Elevator
The air vaporises as he exhales, his facial protrudents are fresh and cold, icy cold.
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Not the Fucking New Yorker
By Shulem Deen
“I’m not looking to publish on blogs,” he says. “It’s not a blog,” I say, “it’s an online journal.” “Whatever,” he says. “It’s not the kind of thing I’m looking for. You understand?” I understand.
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A Fur Coat and Clicking Boots
By Meagan Dwyer
I crossed Bedford, Lee, and came to Division. As the clicking of my boots echoed against buses and buildings, I felt sickeningly insecure. The streets were too quiet.
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The Revolution of the Species
By Shtreimel
The Revolution. Nu? The one where the Goyim believe that all people were created by monkeys.
FreiFem: The Unpious Double X
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Who Is Your True Self?
Jun 6, 2011 / 3 Comments
How do you know which instincts or desires reflect your TRUE self?
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Pretend to Forget, Never Forgive
Jul 15, 2011 / 6 Comments
An annual mother-daughter meeting.
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Booby Trap
Aug 22, 2011 / 5 Comments
The immodesty of large breasts.
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