Lux Alptraum is a writer whose commentary has appeared in a range of publications, including The New York Times, New York magazine, Wired, Cosmopolitan and Hustler. Her first book, Faking It: The Lies Women Tell About Sex — And the Truths They Reveal, examines the American cultural obsession with feminine deceit.
Lux Alptraum
By Lux Alptraum
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Instead of aligning on shared values, the Jewish community is divided by the term "Zionist"
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An obsessive focus on the particulars of how victims were violated on Oct. 7 misses the larger point
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The actress' recent racist remarks bely white Jewish women's conditional relationship to the privileges of white femininity
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