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Interview by Michal Raucher and Sharon Jacob. The FSR Blog has benefitted from brilliant and dedicated student interns who served as submissions editor. As Jennifer Maidrand wraps up her role as a student intern, she is moving over to the FSR board with our deep appreciation. We (co-chairs Michal Raucher and Sharon Jacob) received so […]
By Andrea Corso Johnson. The Magnificat is the first of four “hymns” in Luke’s Gospel. Although located in the New Testament, the Magnificat is closely connected to the Hebrew Bible (or Old Testament). Its structure and thematic expression are similar to Hannah’s song (I Sam. 2:1-10). It also bears similarity to the Hebrew Bible theme, […]
By Sharon Jacob and Leonard McMahon. The current hostility among representatives on both sides of the aisle sheds important light on the relationship between respectability politics and speech. It is sadly yet another experiment where people of color (POC), who historically have relied on their voices to communicate grievance, can test whether the right words […]
Feminist Studies in Religion (FSR) is looking to fill the role of Submissions Editor for the FSR BLOG. This position will begin on July 1, 2022. The Submissions Editor position is a paid internship with a $13,500 stipend to be paid semiannually. This position comes with no health or retirement benefits. This job is best […]
By Miriam Eve Mora. The Internet has been rejoicing in “Zelenskyy the Hottie,” praising his role as a leader ready to heroically sacrifice himself for his nation, and creating around him a following of American superfans. As we applaud him from afar, focusing on his image, we are, unfortunately, also relieving ourselves of some responsibility, […]
By Shoshana Olidort. As a young Lubavitch girl growing up in Crown Heights, my earliest encounters with people from the community who were questioning our way of life, and beginning to explore alternate paths, were all with men. This was right around the time of the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s death, which turned our little world on […]
We want to hear your responses to FSR Blog’s @theTable: “Unorthodox Media.” We invite you, our readers, to reflect on any of blogs in this series or contribute your own analysis of “My Unorthodox Life” or other forms of what this series names “unorthodox media.” Introduction to the series: “This collection includes a number of responses […]
By Dory Fox. Last summer, I was debating whether or not I should unpack my library. I had defended my dissertation, thus marking the end of the line for me in academia. Accordingly, I vowed that it would be a summer free of interpretation, free of intellectual inquiry, free of the books I had once […]
By Sam Shuman. In the summer of 2009, Julia Haart was in a decidedly different social milieu than the one in which we find her in 2021 in the Netflix reality TV show, My Unorthodox Life. Before she lived in a 10,000 square foot penthouse apartment in TriBeCa and served as the CEO for Elite […]
By Shira Schwartz. A central theme of My Unorthodox Life, the latest release in the genre of Unorthodox Media, is the presumption, acquisition and staging of “choice,” often paired with its close cousins, “freedom” and “self.” The liberal language of choice is a critical feature not only of OTD media, but of OTD life. (See […]