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I worked in the entertainment industry. Hollywood is a Union town.

Some of the shows I have worked on, in one way or another

Many of us remember the writer’s strike of 2007. Hollywood is run by unions, for the most part. Other than overhead (corporate), there are few places one can be hired in production and not be in a union. I was never in a union; I never got to that point. I was a Production Assistant [...]

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Advice Fundie on the Jews

Advice Fundie on Jews

I always had issues with the phrase “the chosen people”. It wreaks of bigotry to me, stating that we are better for no other reason than we are us. I understand where this comes from but I cannot embrace it, by any means. I don’t think any group is better than any other group by [...]

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Atheistic Judaism is more popular than it seems


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Atheistic Judaism is more popular than it seems

It’s weird. A very strange concept. I was raised with the notion that being Jewish doesn’t mean you take the idea of god literally. My dad was basically an atheist but wouldn’t admit it. He was also an apologist and didn’t understand why I was an “atheist”. He once said something along the lines of [...]

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Why I am not on Facebook anymore


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Why I am not on Facebook anymore

Some of you may have heard or noticed that I am not longer on Facebook. I had a profile for several years and considered leaving from time to time. Finally, I decided to leave for good. After giving some warning, I deleted my entire account. This also has some unfortunate outcomes, one being that The Coming Out [...]

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Something a simple as dress color

My wedding, wearing a blue dress

As you may or may not have noticed from the photo in my post about engagement rings, I did not have a white dress on. Also, my wedding was über small and not at all to my liking. Yes, shamefully, we gave in. We had a very small and very reform Jewish ceremony. (Though Eric [...]

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A woman’s last name

Journal

My husband has a very unique and cool last name. If I would have taken any name, it would have been his. Many people have assumed that because his last name rhymes with my first name is the reason I chose to keep my own. Actually, that was one of the reasons I would have taken it. Rose Broze? How awesomely unique is that? But it just felt wrong.

People would ask me after I got married when I was changing my name. I would sometimes simply say “I’m not” but sometimes I felt offended and would utter “what’s wrong with mine?” 25 years it took me to love my own name. And now I have to change it? That, in conjunction with my general feminist attitude towards life, afforded me my only choice. Do nothing. ;)

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Letting go without “forgiveness”

Last month, I wrote about Overcoming and Forgiveness, in relations to letting go of anger towards someone you care about. I still have not come to any hard conclusions yet but still ponder these things.

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