Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, the Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze ‘Insatiable’ Creator Compares Criticism of Her Show To Censorship
Many female humans (and some of the other types, as well) were irritated to learn that a new Netflix show, “Insatiable,” appeared to make fun of fat women. “Insatiable” tells the story of an overweight teenage girl who is ruthlessly bullied until, having had her jaw wired shut for the summer after an accident —…
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The Schmooze Admit It: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Isn’t Selling Because of Sexism
As the kids say: Don’t at me. “The Spy Who Dumped Me,” an action-comedy released last week, has everything people like in summer movies: Car chases. Big laughs. A-list stars. Shootouts. Poop jokes. Hot girls. Hot guys. European cityscapes. An assassin who does gymnastics. Terrorist plots. It’s only missing one thing: Male protagonists. That’s right….
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The Schmooze A CBS Sitcom About Gentrification Starring A Jew: Cringe-y or Brilliant?
“The Neighborhood,” a fall premiere for CBS, has all the ingredients of a classic sitcom: good-looking B-list talent, a hearty laugh track, a set comprised of well-appointed upper middle class living rooms and open-concept kitchens, and one more thing…the tension that arises when white families move into a historically black neighborhood and slowly begin to…
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The Schmooze ‘The Marvelous Mrs Maisel’ Makes For The Catskills In The Season 2 Trailer
The dumped-but-unsinkable Mrs. Maisel heads to the Catskills and High Holiday services in a trailer for hotly anticipated second season of the hit Amazon show. The candy-coated, wise-cracking “Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” sailed smoothly into Jewish diasporic hearts and minds in March 2017 and lodged there comfortably, apparently set to remain central to the American Jewish…
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The Schmooze Michael Moore’s Trump Doc ‘Fahrenheit 11/9’ Releases First Searing Trailer
“Fahrenheit 11/9,” Michael Moore’s newest documentary aims, in the words of its director, “to bring Trump down.” And maybe it will. But the movie, in theaters September 21, is more likely to address the question Moore issues during the teaser trailer that was released today: “How the f**k did this happen?” The under two-minute trailer,…
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The Schmooze Sex, Terrorism, and Julianne Moore: Luscious ‘Bel Canto’ Coming To Theaters
Our time has come. I’m talking to my people. You know who you are. I’m talking to anyone who was in a book club between 2001 and 2014. Most moms. Millennial women who were once considered precocious. Anyone who walked into a Hudson News in the year 2003. People who fantasize about how they would…
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The Schmooze Why Is The Woman In This Viral Missy Elliott Video Holding a Shofar?
How do we know when Jews have made it in America? When neo-Nazis show up at Jerry Seinfeld shows eating tzimmes? When public schools have half-a-day for Shmini Atzeret? Or maybe, just maybe, when hip-hop karaoke videos featuring shofars go viral. Oh happy, happy Wednesday! Unintentionally kicking off Elul with a blast of early High…
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The Schmooze Ruthie Ann Miles Returns To Stage After Fatal Brooklyn Crash
Ruthie Ann Miles gave her first stage performance since the devastating car crash that killed her four-year-old daughter and resulted in the loss of her pregnancy. Returning to the role that won her a Tony Award in 2017, Miles appeared in the London production of “The King And I” on the West End as Lady…
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