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Gender

“In another era, Minaj’s sexuality, expressed semi-parodically…might have given feminists pause”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 October 2015
In another era, Minaj’s sexuality, expressed semi-parodically — pretending she’s a Barbie doll; glorifying...
Tagged Gender, Nicki Minaj, Pop Culture, sexuality |
Work

“The biggest thing in my life is really daring to be human…”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 October 2015
The biggest thing in my life is really daring to be human, and that’s...
Tagged leadership, Work, workplace |
Clothing, Jobs/Professions, Work

“The notion of ‘blue-­collar jobs’ emerged in the 1920s, following the metonymic model of the ‘white-­collar worker'”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 October 2015
The notion of “blue-­collar jobs” emerged in the 1920s, following the metonymic model of...
Tagged Blue Collar, Blue Collar Jobs, Blue Collar Shirt, clothing, Jobs, Work |
Uncategorized

“I personally connect the dots of the MaHaRaL’s golem legend with two items that are historically documented”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 29 October 2015
Broadly speaking in terms of “Judaism Says,” golems are to zombies what Purim is...
Tagged Golem, Maharal |
Israel, Zionism

“Israel inherited—and could not avoid—the radical disagreements that had always made Zionism so alive”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2015
Israel inherited—and could not avoid—the radical disagreements that had always made Zionism so alive....
Tagged Israel, Zionism |
Modern Orthodoxy

“With its mechanisms of accountability broken, Modern Orthodoxy is more and more vulnerable to claims of direct Divine inspiration and non-accountable certainty”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 28 October 2015
With its mechanisms of accountability broken, Modern Orthodoxy is more and more vulnerable to...
Tagged Modern Orthodoxy |
Jewish Books

“Nudity in art was not ubiquitous in Eretz Yisrael and America, and it is not surprising that we woke up in the 20th century in American and EY and found these things surprising”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 October 2015
In response to the email from the Lakewood scholar, S. commented as follows: Another...
Tagged Art, Books, Jewish Books |
America

“It’s hard to settle on why ‘thoughts and prayers’ is objectionable”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 October 2015
The term’s saturation curve dates to the turn of the 21st century. Numerous ‘‘thoughts...
Tagged Terminology, Terms, Words |
Beer, Semantics

“Like all consumer groupings and their accompanying system of social exchange, the brewing world possesses its own form of language”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 October 2015
Like all consumer groupings and their accompanying system of social exchange, the brewing world...
Tagged beer, brewing, Golden State of Brewing masters thesis, Lexicon |
Politics in America, Television

“As a reality TV professional, I would be lucky to strike gold like Donald Trump once or twice in a career”

Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 October 2015
I’ve been working in reality television for 10 years, and I can tell you...
Tagged Donald Trump, Presidential Election, Presidential Race, Presidential Race 2016, Reality TV |
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