High ranking Banzai Blaster Sylvester who’s slightly unhinged and is a double agent because I said so

torahfeminist:

“When we encounter difficult texts in our tradition - texts in the Torah or Talmud - what do we do? Women who learn have no choice but to figure this out. And since all women should learn, everyone has to figure it out.

Options that are off the table: 1. Ignore. 2. Apologize. It’s the Torah. We can’t ignore it. And saying things like "well it was different back then” is just silly. Yes the world was worse, and B"H the world has gotten better, but the Torah speaks to us in our own times. I think those apologetics are basically the same as ignoring.

Instead: look at it squarely. This text is misogynist. But then move past that to investigate for truth, because it’s Torah so we start out knowing there’s truth….is it harder to raise girls than boys today? Because then I have to work against the whole system [that] everywhere tells them they matter less, are less smart, are less capable? With daughters we have to fight the whole world. So maybe having sons is fortunate, at least a little bit?

Someone commented to me that in their opinion I am doing “gymnastics” and I just want to own that. Gymnastics takes years of training, precision and strength. It’s uncomfortable, it’s hard and it’s worth it because this is an ancient tradition and it is ours"

- Rabbanit Leah Sarna on Pesachim 65, “fortunate is he whose children are males, and woe to him whose children are females.”

a-crumb-of-whump:

Some Of My Favourite Whump-y Phrases

Content warning: [implied] dehumanisation, [implied] abuse/torture, manipulation.

Phrases said by Whumpee

• “It hurts.”
• “I’ll be good for you.”
• “Let me go!”
• “Please, make it stop.”
• “You’re hurting me!”
• “I’m scared.”
• “I can’t breathe-”
• “Get the hell off me!”
• “Please don’t hurt me.”
• “Someone will come for me, just you wait.”
• “Please, no more.”
• “I can’t do this anymore.”
• “I’m s- so cold.”
• “Please don’t look at me like that.”
• “You make me feel disgusting.”
• “I just want to be loved.”

Phrases said by Caretaker

• “I’ve got you.”
• “Leave them alone.”
• “Why didn’t you tell me this was happening?”
• “I won’t let you go, I promise.”
• “I should have done more to protect you.”
• “You’re burning up.”
• “I don’t care how long it takes, you bring them back to me or so help me god.”
• “It’s okay, you can cry if you need to.”
• “You’re safe now.”
• “Let me see them.”
• “Who did this to you?”
• “If you lay a hand on them…”
• “I will never give up on you.”

Phrases said by Whumper

• “I think someone has forgotten their place.”
• “Be quiet.”
• “You’re so pretty when you cry.”
• “No one’s coming for you.”
• “It’s your own fault that this is happening.”
• “I am the only one who will ever love you.”
• “If you ever tell anyone about what happened tonight, I’ll be coming after themnext.”
• “You’re my perfect pet.”
• “Look at you, all chained up and helpless.”
• “I’m doing this because I care about you.”
• “You knew the rules, did you not?”
• “No one will recognise you by the time I’m done.”
• “Your only purpose in life is to please me, you hear?”

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