The show is a teen sci-fi, yes, but it explores important themes of cultural divides and gender norms.

I enjoyed the show's covert Jewish content throughout the series, but I most appreciated episode eighteen of the second season for its beautiful Holocaust allegory.

Despite the misogynistic undertones of the original myth, I believe Hadestown promotes a feminist message. 

Graphic design can be a tool of hatred. Illustration allows oppressors to solidify propaganda in a static form. As the Wizard of Oz (Jeff Goldblum) says while he is betraying Elphaba, “The best way to bring folks together is to give them a real good enemy.

Over the past couple of years, I have paid particular attention to the rise in the use of bowls instead of plates. Now, I am not one to “yuck” another’s “yums” but this seems to manifest itself as yet another dieting habit—in addition to specific diet foods/drinks or simply not eating—that differentiates adolescent girls and boys.

When does Paris get to be Jewish, and when is her Judaism forgotten?

According to many Disney films, being a princess means possessing stereotypically “beautiful” traits—a tiny waist, a small, button-like nose, large eyes and breasts, and light skin. However, as I, and millions of other young girls came to realize, the characteristics of our cherished heroines are extremely unrealistic.

“The holiday season” may sound more progressive than “the Christmas season,” but it ignores the fact that the most important Jewish holiday season is usually over by late October.

I realized that the book promoted a cartoonish antisemitism that went completely over my head as a child.

Rather than a typical high school romance, Lady Bird offers the viewers a complex, messy, and emotionally resonant story about the love between a mother and daughter.

While it tackles heavy subjects with sensitivity, Six unfortunately leans heavily on stereotypes in its characterization of Henry VIII’s wives.

Why is it that argument between Hillel and Shamai is deemed holy, whereas feminist debate is indicative of female weakness?

The simultaneous presence of two distinct yet intertwined faiths struck me with a profound sense of unity that I had never truly grasped before.

Charlaque lived through perhaps one of the most horrific periods in world history as a Jew AND as a transgender woman, AND she survived.

Attending my friend’s club truly opened my eyes to the horrific reality that is day-to-day life for many Turkish women.

Jewish women, like Patricia Barr and Rose Kushner, fought so people like my grandmother could live happy and full lives after breast cancer. 

One of the themes in Bella’s story is a refusal to stay down when pushed into a corner.

Anger can be a very powerful tool for Jewish women.

Yet at the moment when her humanity was threatened the most, Basman Ben-Hayim turned to art.

Learning about Emma Lazarus' important work aiding Eastern European refugees fleeing from discrimination, violence, and pogroms inspired me to think more deeply about immigration: both its connection to my own life and to today’s world.

Rosalind Elsie Franklin, an influential Jewish chemist, made groundbreaking contributions to the discovery of DNA’s structure. Nevertheless, she was largely unrecognized during her lifetime.

I feel most sure of my gender identity and presentation when it melds with my Jewish cultural identity.

After that initial Zoom bat mitzvah, it became clear that my own celebration would look the same.

Aunt Barbara gave me the opportunity to forge my own Jewish identity, with the help of a simple, silver, Star of David.

I was dubbed “femenistit masricha,” a smelly feminist, on the first day of seventh grade. I kind of liked it.