Phoebe Maltz Bovy is a former editor of the Sisterhood blog at the Forward. Her writing has appeared in several publications, including The New Republic and The Atlantic. Her book, “The Perils of ‘Privilege,’” was published by St. Martin’s Press in March 2017. She has a PhD in French and French Studies from New York University, and has read a lot of 19th century French Jewish newspapers for a 21st century American.
Phoebe Maltz Bovy
By Phoebe Maltz Bovy
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Life Links for Later: Long Weekend Long-form Edition
What I’m about to link to, below, is more reading material than you’ll know what to do with. Or, if you’re on a train home (or the only one at the office), maybe it’ll be just right. -Michelle Goldberg, in Slate, on “identity politics.” Goldberg speaks persuasively about the need to keep identity-related concerns in…
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Life Dear Mike Huckabee: Hands Off My Tofu!
If you leave your bubble, my fellow tofu-eaters, my fellow consumers of kale and quinoa, my fellow safe-space-trigger-warning-obsessed “Girls” fans, my fellow people who aren’t so much ‘people who actually exist’ as straw figurines constructed in the conservative imagination, you might be surprised to learn that right-wing websites also put “destroyed” in their headlines. In…
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There are at least two Ivanka Trumps. One is a woman; the other is a namesake brand. But what is Ivanka’s brand, exactly? The most familiar aspect of it is probably her clothes and shoes, but it also includes fine jewelry, a prominent role in her father’s company, and, in some difficult-to-sort-out mix of the…
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Ayala Tiefenbrunn’s recent Hevria personal essay, “The White Girl In The Dunkin Donuts,” is worth reading, especially if you’ve been trying to make sense of all the Jews-and-whiteness conversations that have popped up ever since white nationalists emerged from the American woodwork to offer their opinion on the matter. Tiefenbrunn, a Yemenite Jew who wears…
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Life Bernie Sanders and Mark Lilla Take On ‘Identity Politics.’ One As-A-Jewish-Woman Responds.
As a Jewish woman, I ought to begin, this being a post about ‘identity politics’, the buzz-phrase of the moment. As a Jewish woman. As a poodle owner. As a person who goes back and forth about that one pair of high-end leggings. As someone grasping at ways to sell anti-fascism to a surprisingly unreceptive…
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Life Why I’m Glad Gwyneth Paltrow Didn’t Stump for Clinton
Sisterhood readers will know that I’m mildly obsessed with the question of whether various lifestyle icons will take an anti-Trump (or pro-Trump!) stand. If you’re selling something — particularly something geared towards an audience of white women with conventional tastes — chances are you’re not storming any barricades. Fine. But maybe you’d make a statement…
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Life Dear College Students: You Can Be a Contrarian Without Embracing Trump
Good evening! In case any of this is starting to feel normal, here’s a real thing published by Steve Bannon’s funhouse mirror of a news site pic.twitter.com/ahHsrJ8pxZ — Lauren Duca (@laurenduca) November 19, 2016 A Breitbart Milo Yiannopoulos post from 2015 is making the viral rounds, not least because (see above) the headline and accompanying…
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Life Why Tila Tequila’s Jew Hatred Is So Disturbing
In the Daily Beast, Asawin Suebsaeng reports on one heck of a white nationalist convention. The most intriguing guest: one Tila Tequila, known for reality-TV appearances and general scandalousness. Suebsaeng reminds that Tequila “has dabbled in casual anti-Semitism and pro-Nazi declarations over the years, to the point where she has been condemned by the Anti-Defamation…
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