I like Jewess. I like the historic connotations of it. I like the fact that it singles me out as a woman. I don't like being in a homogeonous blob of people-hood. I think it is precisely a feminist stance to say, "I am woman, designate me as such!!" (Ditto for "poetess," "actress," etc.).
For an interesting resource, see "The Jewess Pallas Athena: This Too a Theory of Modernity," by Barbara Hahn (2005)
I like Jewess. I like the historic connotations of it. I like the fact that it singles me out as a woman. I don't like being in a homogeonous blob of people-hood. I think it is precisely a feminist stance to say, "I am woman, designate me as such!!" (Ditto for "poetess," "actress," etc.).
For an interesting resource, see "The Jewess Pallas Athena: This Too a Theory of Modernity," by Barbara Hahn (2005)