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 No, Lena Dunham Did Not Bring About American Fascism
Back in July, when I saw that Lena Dunham was speaking at the Democratic National Convention, I can’t say this struck me as the best idea. A writer and performer known largely for the accusations of nepotism and privileged obliviousness she elicits from across the political spectrum was maybe not the wisest pick for a…
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Life Along With Being Hatemonger, Steve Bannon Accused of Misogyny and Wife-Beating
What should we make of Stephen Bannon, newly-appointed future-Trump-administration leader? One minute he’s protecting his daughters from the menace that is having to attend school with Jewish classmates, the next, why, it’s like he doesn’t care about the ladies at all! In the Huffington Post, Melissa Jeltsen reminds that Stephen Bannon, whom Donald Trump chose…
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Life With a GOP Government and Mike Pence as VP, Don’t Treat Social Issues as a Side Note
It can seem almost quaint to think that once, when liberals feared the GOP, we concerned ourselves with things like reproductive rights, as versus OMG IMPENDING FASCISM. But the thing with Trump is, we don’t really know whether he’ll be as fascist as we fear (although I’m team I think he’ll be quite fascist). We…
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Life Stop Blaming Bourgeois Feminism For Trump
After months of hearing about how patriarchy and misogyny were driving Trump’s popularity, it sure was odd to learn that millions of women voted for him anyway. I was among the startled, even though I guess no one should have been surprised – of course women who usually vote Republican won’t suddenly say, hmm, this…
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Life Trump Voters Are Adults. Stop the Patronizing Treatment of Their Catastrophic Choice.
Hadley Freeman, a writer everyone should read (and a Jewish woman!), made a really key point about the election in a recent Guardian column: “To call out [Trump] voters for falling for such damagingly racist and sexist messages is viewed by politicians as a vote-killer and dangerously snobby by the media, as though working-class people…
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Life How ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ Flips the Romance Script
If you haven’t already done so, but frankly even if you have, now’s probably a good time to binge-watch Rachel Bloom’s genius musical TV show, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.” (Which, last I checked, you can’t watch from Canada.) It’s fashionable to say that a show about romantic love is actually about something else. Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, however, is…
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Life How to Dress to Show Your Disapproval of Donald Trump
“For those in need of a pantsuit, consider some of the options from the fall 2016 runways.” So reads part of an Allure story from 500 years ago (November 4th, 2016), on the decision of many Hillary Clinton supporters to wear pantsuits to the polls, in honor of Clinton’s signature, no-nonsense look. While I was…
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Life Links for Later: The What-a-Week Edition
It’s Thursday, so I have some links for you, Sisterhood readers. A female presidential candidate — not a Jewish one, but one who received a whole bunch of anti-Semitic attacks, on her and her supporters — was just defeated. I’m still grappling with that, and would not be surprised if you are as well. -Have…
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