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Familiar Touch and the Feminist Politics of Aging

JL;DR SUMMARY Filmmaker Sarah Friedland and feminist scholar Lynne Segal explore aging through a feminist lens, inspired by the Jewish Communist community's concepts of care. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski.

  • At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself.
  • This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude.
  • Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from.
  • But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me.
  • And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.
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Tags

AgingJewish IdentityFeminismActivismMemory LossJewish CommunismInterdependenceTemporal VertigoCare PoliticsElders In Media

Places mentioned

Brooklyn, New York, United States
"She's from kind of like the old neighborhood on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn."
Brent, United Kingdom
"She retired from Burbeck in 2020."
Venice, Italy
"won awards for Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Debut Film at last year's Venice Film Festival."
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