Medium Writing of the Week: LGBTQ, Judaism, Friendship, Puppy Love, Parenting

Toy Rainbow and unicorn on a table.

Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash

I've got four new pieces on Medium this week!

A Medium Writer Sent My Family a Box Full of Rainbows and Unicorns

She’s got the right idea: turning success into generosity

Published in Warm Hearts on Medium

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The Supreme Court’s Sex Discrimination Case Affects Us All

LGBTQ rights are at risk, and so are the rights of everyone to be who

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My Daughter Has Her First Crush, and I Know Who It Is

Does this mean attachment parenting works?

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium
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Can My Jewish Culture Survive My Intermarriage?

My 5-year-old looks white and doesn’t know what a rabbi is

Why I Take My Kid With Me To Protests

Her Lights for Liberty sign read ‘Free Those Kids!’

Published on Medium.

Tzivia and I at Lights for Liberty protest in Port Townsend, WA. (Photo by my husband.)

Why Presidential Candidates Want You to Think They Grew Up Poor

Is the American dream a reward for hard work or an unfulfilled promise?

I just published this on Medium.

Statue of Liberty Cropped Photo by tom coe on Unsplash

Right Now, The United States is Running Concentration Camps - Jewish Perspective

Right Now, The United States is Running Concentration Camps

As a Jew, I can tell you Never Again is not just about us.

I just published this on Medium. I kept reading stories about conditions in these US concentration camps, and I needed to raise my voice. Brainstorming what else I can do. I don't want to be a bystander.

Prison Bars with Human Shadow Photo by Ye Jinghan on Unsplash

I Read an LGBTQ Book to a Room Full of Preschoolers: Heather Has Two Mommies

I Read an LGBTQ Book to a Room Full of Preschoolers

All children deserve stories about all kinds of families.

Published in Home Sweet Home on Medium.

“Celebration of Inclusivity” Painting and Photo by Steve Johnson on Unsplash

Let's Celebrate a Man Who Actually Made Things Right - Brian Floca and the new, inclusive edition of Moonshot

Let’s Celebrate a Man Who Actually Made Things Right

Brian Floca’s new edition of children’s book Moonshot adds gender-inclusive words and pictures.

I wrote to the author and told him "men men men" wasn't good enough. It actually worked.

Published in Fearless She Wrote on Medium.

Astronaut Sculpture Photo by Jonas Verstuyft on Unsplash

If You Speak Your Wish, Will it Come True? - Carmela Full of Wishes...

If You Speak Your Wish, Will it Come True?

Carmela Full of Wishes, and the power and limitations of a wish

Published in The Ascent on Medium

“WISH FOR PEACE” mural from the Nashville Walls Project — Photo by Ben Wilkins on Unsplash

My Passover Dinner, With the Help of the Velveteen Rabbi

Seders to celebrate liberation for all

Published in the new publication One Table, One World on Medium.

Wouldn’t mind this as my seder plate. Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash

 

Married Red Pill: Teaching Men to Game Their Wives

Seeking connection through domination.

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium

Fake Smile Photo by Sydney Sims on Unsplash

 

Cheating at Candy Land

Cheating at Candy Land
Rules were made to be broken, when the system itself is corrupt.
Published in The Ascent on Medium.

Candy Land Photo by John Morgan CC BY 2.0

Mama, Why Don't You Wear Dresses Every Day?

Mama, Why Don't You Wear Dresses Every Day?
Fighting the patriarchy, one pant leg at a time.
I just published this on Medium.

Housewife Hell (Cropped) Photo by Marisa Howenstine on Unsplash

Children's Books Featuring Little Girls with Big Voices

Super proud of this one! I just self-published on Medium...
Children's Books Featuring Little Girls with Big Voices 

Fierce Kiddo. Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash

Update: The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle...

I just published Update: The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle... A Month and a Half Later on Medium.
It's an update to the story in my popular piece, The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle of My Local Grocery.

Pug in fluff. Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash

Share that Holiday Spirit All Year Long

And forget all that stranger danger business!
published on Medium

“Let’s Adore and Endure Each Other” art in Shoreditch, London — Photo by Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

Growing Up Jewish in America

I just published Growing Up Jewish in America on Medium.
This is an epic one. I wrote it right after the Tree of Life shooting, then held on to it since then, feeling emotional enough about it that I didn't want to just hit publish. I took another look at it this week, saw that top Hanukkah pic, and thought, "I've gotta get this out there now."

Women and Silence--Vox: Dystopian Fiction and the Power of Our Voices

Proud of this one: Women and Silence--Vox: Dystopian Fiction and the Power of Our Voices
I didn't want to wait, so I self-published it on Medium. Part book review, part personal essay, part feminist plea.

You Call THAT Radical Feminism?

After not hearing back from a publication I was hoping to write for, I went ahead and self-published this one on Medium:
You Call That Radical Feminism?: TERFs and Donald Trump are teaming up to take civil rights from trans folk.