Overcoming My Fear By Pressing ‘Post’
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I look to my sheroes, the women risking far more than minor mockery from my schoolmates to stand up for what they believe in.
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I look to my sheroes, the women risking far more than minor mockery from my schoolmates to stand up for what they believe in.
It was remarkable to me how I could have such contrasting experiences in the same place, and only a few days apart.
“Raise your hand if you would have died in the Holocaust,” our teacher asked.
We come to school every day to learn, not just about algebra and biology, but about ourselves, and about how we can actively contribute to our democratic society.
My grandma makes me think about my own activism and the movements in which I’m involved
I too want to end gender inequality and smash the patriarchy, but I also have the impossibly strong, impossibly human desire to be liked.
We can’t rewrite history, but we can change the narrative around women who speak up about sexual assault.
When women feel more comfortable using the word vagina, it serves as an important step towards asserting ownership over our own bodies.
The combination of Judaism and feminism has empowered me, helped me heal, and given me purpose in life.
Though she led a very different Jewish life from her great Aunt Sophie, this teen writer found her confidence as a Jewish leader by hearing how her aunt “challenged her community’s religious restrictions.”