Great post! I like your interpretation on the whole saga of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth's declaration, platonic or not, always read to me like something so rich in its love that anyone could use it regardless of gender for committing to their partner.
"You can be bi and furious that I used the word “chick,” don’t I know it. (Also “bi and furious” is its own identity, I think.)" I'm really hoping that 'bi-furious' becomes a thing! ;)
⁸Please don't explain all of your jokes. Unless you really want to. LOL.
I don't know if it's possible - but I would really like it if we could clobber those clobber texts harder. They need it.
The reason being - this is a personal issue with how Judaism interprets/reinterprets things sometimes - there often seems to be (not saying you are doing this) a hemming and hawing about this or that text that we don't think is that great instead of just outright saying "maybe we did something wrong here and it needs to be revised, removed, or ignored." Maybe that's blasphemous, I dunno. I think you do a great job pointing at the patriarchal attitudes that may have created such a set of verses, but in the interest of repentance and renewal, maybe as a people we need to do a big group sitdown and finally say "we don't consider that Torah anymore."
FWIW, Dyke originates from Black lesbian communities and I would presume that those origins are both why it has a connotation with strength/power compared to lesbian with its Greek/white origins as well as why it has not mainstreamed as easily. Racism strikes again!
Sorry Josh, I know it's a strangely long reference, and was unasked for in the first place! However, it is important to relate teachings in the teacher's name, or teachers' names, if possible. And I had messed up doing that.
A surprising insight from this discussion -- and not a cultural conundrum I expected to be pondering just before Shavuot -- is realizing that the "Queer Eye" TV show would probably not receive similar support, acclaim, and popularity if it was instead titled something like "Dyke Style" and cast with a "Fabulous Five" creative team brimming with Big Dyke Energy. Rabbi, thanks so much.
Big Dyke Energy
Great post! I like your interpretation on the whole saga of Ruth and Naomi. Ruth's declaration, platonic or not, always read to me like something so rich in its love that anyone could use it regardless of gender for committing to their partner.
I just signed off on the proofs for an Acrylic Pin version of our Big Dyke Energy design for NerdyKeppie* to debut for Pride this year. :D
* dyke hidden in the middle always included >.>
Also also, if looking for Hanne's book: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/12053371
If you are looking for the book Straight you need to find it under Hanne Blank (not Hanne Blank Boyd as I was)
Thank you, again, Rabbi DR, for your contribution to justice and enlightenment.
Wow. Just so much in this one.
"You can be bi and furious that I used the word “chick,” don’t I know it. (Also “bi and furious” is its own identity, I think.)" I'm really hoping that 'bi-furious' becomes a thing! ;)
⁸Please don't explain all of your jokes. Unless you really want to. LOL.
I don't know if it's possible - but I would really like it if we could clobber those clobber texts harder. They need it.
The reason being - this is a personal issue with how Judaism interprets/reinterprets things sometimes - there often seems to be (not saying you are doing this) a hemming and hawing about this or that text that we don't think is that great instead of just outright saying "maybe we did something wrong here and it needs to be revised, removed, or ignored." Maybe that's blasphemous, I dunno. I think you do a great job pointing at the patriarchal attitudes that may have created such a set of verses, but in the interest of repentance and renewal, maybe as a people we need to do a big group sitdown and finally say "we don't consider that Torah anymore."
FWIW, Dyke originates from Black lesbian communities and I would presume that those origins are both why it has a connotation with strength/power compared to lesbian with its Greek/white origins as well as why it has not mainstreamed as easily. Racism strikes again!
Sorry Josh, I know it's a strangely long reference, and was unasked for in the first place! However, it is important to relate teachings in the teacher's name, or teachers' names, if possible. And I had messed up doing that.
A surprising insight from this discussion -- and not a cultural conundrum I expected to be pondering just before Shavuot -- is realizing that the "Queer Eye" TV show would probably not receive similar support, acclaim, and popularity if it was instead titled something like "Dyke Style" and cast with a "Fabulous Five" creative team brimming with Big Dyke Energy. Rabbi, thanks so much.