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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Opinion Columbia squandered ample opportunities to chart a path without involving police
The university had abundant resources to protect students and foster dialogue on campus, and failed.
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Opinion The UN confirmed Israelis experienced sexual violence on Oct. 7. Why is it so hard for the world to believe?
Recent questions about a bombshell New York Times investigation are being used to cast doubt on the veracity of rape allegations
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Opinion In an election year, it’s time to ramp up the fight on abortion rights — and Jewish religious freedom
In honor of Repro Shabbat, a guide to accessing your religious right to an abortion
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Opinion I started learning Hebrew for my father. I became obsessed with it after Oct. 7
Learning my father's language is helping me connect to my own Jewish future at an especially precarious moment
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Opinion Why it’s time to leave the labels of ‘Zionist’ and ‘anti-Zionist’ behind
Instead of aligning on shared values, the Jewish community is divided by these terms
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Opinion ‘Proving’ rape is hard. Denialism makes it impossible
An obsessive focus on the particulars of how victims were violated on Oct. 7 misses the larger point
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Opinion Julianna Margulies is not your average ‘Karen’
The actress' recent racist remarks bely white Jewish women's conditional relationship to the privileges of white femininity
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Opinion Israeli women were raped and widowed by Hamas. Now the world ignores and mocks their suffering
In the aftermath of Oct. 7, Israeli women have been considered both 'unrapeable' and sexually depraved
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Fast Forward New poll: 13% of voters who switched support from Biden cite his Gaza policy
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