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By Hannah • 11 years ago

An ode to Gail Collins

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For anyone who’s reading this, I’m about to go all fan-girl. Ready? Good.

Gail Collins is the entire reason you’re reading this blog post right now.

For those of you who don’t know who she is, Gail Collins is a biweekly Op-Ed columnist for the New York Times, featured on Thursdays and Saturdays. Her column are known for sarcastic wit and political commentary. The results are usually hilarious musings about the current state of politics in America.

I was introduced to the writings of Gail Collins by my mother (another avid fan) about two years ago, and instantly became hooked. I loved everything about her: her intellect, her sense of humor, her cynicism, and her amazing ability to almost always work in a dog-on-the-car-roof reference whenever she mentions Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney.

It was Gail Collins that inspired me to enter this contest. As a college student, I’m constantly being bombarded with two questions: What’s your major (or various other forms of this question), and What do you plan to do when you graduate? The answer to the first question solidified itself over the last year or two (for those who are curious, it’s political science). The second question has been harder to answer. The short list includes: being a politician, being a lobbyist for a women’s organization like Planned Parenthood, working for the Daily Show (the ideal outcome of that being becoming the next Jon Stewart), becoming the next Rachel Maddow, and, ...
By Hannah • 11 years ago

The War on Women’s Religious Freedom

 

A SYTYCB Entry

Four people were arrested on Sunday in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

It’s not for the reason many people would think when they hear the words ‘arrest’ and ‘Israel’ together. They weren’t terrorists, nor were they carrying weapons of any kind. They weren’t protesting to uphold the sanctity of the Jewish day of rest or against the settlements in Gaza and the West Bank.

Their crime? Wearing the ritual Jewish prayer shawl (known as a tallit) while female.

Halacha (Jewish law) distinguishes many of its provisions based on the gender. Men bear a heavier load of obligations than do women, among those the commandment to wear the tallit, along with tefillin (leather arm and head bands with boxes attached containing ...

 

A SYTYCB Entry

Four people were arrested on Sunday in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel.

It’s not for the reason many people would think when they hear the words ‘arrest’ and ‘Israel’ together. They weren’t terrorists, nor were ...