Love and Long-Term Relationships
It took eight years, but Jon Hamm is finally an Emmy winner. Sadly, he won on the only Emmy night he’s attended without…
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Poetry Submission: Staff
Staff By Maya Williams God said to Moses, “Take this staff in your hand, so you can perform the signs with it.” And…
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FRACTURED FEMININITY: Endometriosis Treatment and a Failure of Feminism
When it comes to women and our reproductive systems, today’s culture tells us we’re living in a world of choice and freedom. But my…
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Fighting the Battle of My Life with Anorexia
AltFem recognizes National Eating Disorders Awareness Week: Her hair was falling out in clumps. Her body temperature was below normal. Her heart rate was 40…
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Zoning Boards Go Nuclear on Too-Traditional Families
The people in 68 Scarborough St., in Hartford, Conn., make an unlikely band of outlaws. The eight adults and three children live in a…
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Is Egg Freezing Really the Pro-Woman Solution?
I’m at a coffee shop in New Orleans. Next to me, a table of women discuss business and funding solutions. Ten feet away, my…
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AltM: Reclaiming the Radical Feminism of the Quran
“As a feminist, how could you willingly subject yourself to such a misogynistic religion?” It’s disheartening to think how many times I’ve been asked…
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The Pioneering Role of Women in Interfaith Family Communities
Two pregnant women meet in a YMCA exercise class: one Jewish, one Christian, both in interfaith marriages. They discover they share an intention to…
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Let’s get (meta)physical
My friends call it my “deer-in-headlights” look. Not all of them recognize it, but a select few know it when they see it. Until…
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ZULEIKHA IN THE QUR’AN AND IN THE BIBLE
In August, four scholars and a small group of Jewish and Muslim emerging religious leaders met to discuss the story of Joseph in the…
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