"After having heard the word ‘intersectionality’ as a useful tool over the years in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion training spaces, I have realized that living actual intersectionality is no fun. It’s a bitch having to constantly explain myself, justify my beliefs and place them into historical context for folks who are not really that interested in all that detail."

Read the rest of "Intersectionality is a Bitch" by Cristina D. Ramirez, a recent graduate of Lilith`s New 40 program — 🔗 in bio. ...

It`s a question posed by literature, movies, and the internet—“Would you go back in time and kill [insert name of horrific dictator here]?”

Hinda Avery`s arresting paintings literally stopped activities at the Lilith office and sparked a fascinating conversation about a sadly urgent topic—how to effectively resist fascism and authoritarianism without using their tactics of violence and suppression. Is violence ever justified? Is every life sacred? How do we live out our Jewish feminists values in the worst of times?

Avery offers a joyous answer— we resist through art and through laughter. In her paintings, Avery reckons with these complicated questions of historical revisionism and legacy with a wink and a nudge.

From the artist: "In 1942, my mother’s parents, sister, and brother were deported to a Nazi concentration camp. All but her brother were murdered. Their loss cast a long shadow over my life.

The Holocaust resists conventional representation; its horrors are too vast to be depicted directly. Rather than illustrating history, my work transforms it. I began by depicting women in the camps—nude, exposed, and vulnerable. Gradually, these figures change: they put on partisan uniforms, escape into the forest, and become resistance fighters. Over time, they grow fearless, colorful, and even humorous.

Across seven series, the women evolve from victims into an inexhaustible army, and finally into science-fiction warriors. This work does not recreate historical reality but imagines a counter-history—one in which those meant to disappear return with agency, strength, and joy. Humor and fantasy become acts of resistance, refusing the finality of erasure.”

📸 1 & 2: The Rosen Women, Series 2, 2006
📸 3: The Rosen Women, Series 5, 2011
📸 4: The Rosen Women, Series 7, 2015 to 2017 ...

Does your heart need healing? Find solace in this piece by Barbara Taff.

A message from the artist: "The Healing Heart poster came into being while looking at a medical model of a human heart. I saw two “hidden” entities hugging in a loving gesture of self-compassion, which expresses my coping with loss in my life." ...