Comments on: Thank You for Being a Friend, Bea Arthur, z”l http://jvoices.com/2009/04/25/thank-you-for-being-a-friend-bea-arthur-zl/ Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:26:27 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Erasing Jewish Women « Modern Mitzvot http://jvoices.com/2009/04/25/thank-you-for-being-a-friend-bea-arthur-zl/comment-page-1/#comment-140259 Erasing Jewish Women « Modern Mitzvot Mon, 11 May 2009 20:32:35 +0000 http://jvoices.com/?p=3427#comment-140259 [...] to be a “prototypical woman” and thus an icon of the women’s movement.” Cole at JVoices responds: “Fermaglich outlining that to be an ‘icon’ meant erasing race and ethnicity, [...]

[...] to be a “prototypical woman” and thus an icon of the women’s movement.” Cole at JVoices responds: “Fermaglich outlining that to be an ‘icon’ meant erasing race and ethnicity, [...]

]]> By: Julie http://jvoices.com/2009/04/25/thank-you-for-being-a-friend-bea-arthur-zl/comment-page-1/#comment-122483 Julie Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:43:49 +0000 http://jvoices.com/?p=3427#comment-122483 I had no idea she was Jewish. This: "Fermaglich outlining that to be an “icon” meant erasing race and ethnicity, requires that we ask the question, if the character “had to be a WASP,” whose women’s movement then were they really talking about and portraying?!" is spot on. I had no idea she was Jewish. This:

“Fermaglich outlining that to be an “icon” meant erasing race and ethnicity, requires that we ask the question, if the character “had to be a WASP,” whose women’s movement then were they really talking about and portraying?!”

is spot on.

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