Sarah Marian: Writing only leads to more writing

"Writing only leads to more writing," Colette is said to have said. She had a point. What follows are highlights from what I'm publishing, plus an occasional writing quote gleaned from the web, and an extra dose of my ramblings. 

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How Do You Market Anne Frank to Gen Z?

That’s the provocative question posed in The Anne Frank Gift Shop, a new short film from writer-director Mickey Rapkin. “The jokes will not

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My twin and I are raising our kids on the same street. We do school drop-off together and share a nanny.

The author shares how being close to her brother and family has made raising their kids together so meaningful.

TWINS.

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How Barbie Helped Raise a Generation of Feminists

Being a Barbie-loving feminist might seem contradictory, but the truth is far more complicated

I'm a Barbie girl...

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Five years of work and they just... tweeted it out!

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Opinion | Not All Religious People Oppose Abortion

Jewish tradition prioritizes the life of the mother over the fetus. Are our voices being heard?

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Why Hollywood's Jewish Women Are Rarely Played by Jewish Actors

First Mrs. Maisel, now Joan Rivers

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Emma Wolf, the first American Jewish writer to be published by the most important presses of her time, lived a life of privilege in upper-middle-class San Francisco society at the turn of the 20th century. Sarah Seltzer, executive editor of Lilith Magazine , joins us this week to discuss the once-p

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Why Jews of Color Are Gathering as a Family This Weekend

An interview with Dr. Harriette Wimms, founder of the JOC Mishpacha Project.

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Raising Feminist Boys

Now that I am the mother of two sons, I find myself remembering the sexism of a male friend during my teen years. When called out on his behavior, he loved to grin and blame it on his mother.…

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Opinion | Goodbye to Lord & Taylor, and the Way We Used to Shop (Published 2020)

I haven’t shopped there in years. But I’m sad to lose another place to gather, and linger, with friends.

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Shopping: A Eulogy

The old way of buying clothes holds nostalgic appeal, despite its history of exploitation.

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Jewish voters are lukewarm on Bernie Sanders — for now

As the race heats up, polling suggests Sanders is not the frontrunner among Jewish Democratic voters. There are several possible reasons why.

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Newish and Jewish: An Interview With ‘Currents’ Editor Arielle Angel

How a revitalized magazine with its roots in American communism captured the Jewish left.

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Taffy Brodesser-Akner's New Spin on All the Sad Dead Literary Men - InsideHook

"Fleishman is in Trouble" is a response to the male-penned, mid-century, mid-life crisis novel perfected by Philip Roth and John Updike

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There’s a Good Reason Many Jewish Women Will Be Joining the Women’s March

We feel it’s where we belong.

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Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street

Dozens of Zuccotti Park activists pushed the movement to confront race and gender oppression—and have continued that work in the decade since.

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(I Thought I Was Jo: Little Women and "And Then We Grew Up" | Lilith Magazine)