“A woman could be having fun
A woman could be like a nun
In order to survive
We cannot be kind
Until we are hurt”

Can a Woman Be a Rabbi According to Halachic Sources?
Context: How beneficial it could be to have a woman in the rabbinic role to reclaim the lost meaning of tsni’ut by example and through teaching.

Source: Sylvia cartoon strip, p.173

On her song &quot;Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)&quot;, in a Radio 1 Classic Albums interview with Richard Skinner (26 January 1992) http://gaffa.org/cloud/music/running_up_that_hill.html <br class="br">Context: I was trying to say that, really, a man and a woman, can&#x27;t understand each other because we are a man and a woman. And if we could actually swap each other&#x27;s roles, if we could actually be in each other&#x27;s place for a while, I think we&#x27;d both be very surprised! … And I think it would lead to a greater understanding. And really the only way I could think it could be done was either... you know, I thought a deal with the devil, you know. And I thought, &quot;well, no, why not a deal with God!&quot; You know, because in a way it&#x27;s so much more powerful the whole idea of asking God to make a deal with you. You see, for me it is still called &quot;Deal With God&quot;, that was its title. But we were told that if we kept this title that it would not be played in any of the religious countries, Italy wouldn&#x27;t play it, France wouldn&#x27;t play it, and Australia wouldn&#x27;t play it! Ireland wouldn&#x27;t play it, and that generally we might get it blacked purely because it had God in the title.

&quot;My Beef With Ann Coulter&quot; in The Daily Beast (9 March 2009) http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-03-09/my-beef-with-ann-coulter/ <br class="br">Context: Certain individuals continue to perpetuate negative stereotypes about Republicans. Especially Republican women. Who do I feel is the biggest culprit? Ann Coulter. I straight up don’t understand this woman or her popularity. I find her offensive, radical, insulting, and confusing all at the same time. But no matter how much you or I disagree with her, the cult that follows Coulter cannot be denied. She is a New York Times best-selling author and one of the most notable female members of the Republican Party. She was one of the headliners at the recent CPAC conference (but when your competition is a teenager who has a dream about the Republican Party and Stephen Baldwin, it’s not really saying that much).<br>Coulter could be the poster woman for the most extreme side of the Republican Party. And in some ways I could be the poster woman for the opposite. I consider myself a progressive Republican, but here is what I don’t get about Coulter: Is she for real or not? Are some of her statements just gimmicks to gain publicity for her books or does she actually believe the things she says? Does she really believe all Jewish people should be “perfected” and become Christians? And what was she thinking when she said Hillary Clinton was more conservative than my father during the last election? If you truly have the GOP’s best interests at heart, how can you possibly justify telling an audience of millions that a Democrat would be a better leader than the Republican presidential candidate? (I asked Ann for comment on this column, including many of the above questions, but she did not answer my request.)

Source: River Marked

Dolores Claiborne (1992)

GIOIA Magazine Interview

Tavis Smiley interview (2005)

Source: The Bell Jar (1963), Ch. 9