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How an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man became a transgender activist
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| 1/25/2014
| Gary Buiso
Posted on 01/26/2015 2:50:39 PM PST by NetAddicted
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To: NetAddicted
He felt like a girl when he was five. Maybe the mohel was overzealous at the bris?
To: Pollster1
To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Maybe. Outside of sporting-related activity (and then they wear leggings and a “skort”), Mrs. Jewbacca and my daughters always wear a dress or skirt.
Basic Frum dress 101.
I think the resurgence in male beards (which I welcome) is, in part, a rejection of the Soviet-like monotony of modern clothing.
Accordingly, waiting for beards to be called sexist by breathless feminists.
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posted on
01/27/2015 6:31:25 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Depends on the movie and the Rabbi, but I went on (chaperoned) dates with Mrs. Jewbacca, including some movies.
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posted on
01/27/2015 6:34:39 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Jewbacca
Where did the term ‘beard’ even come from? I know what a beard is supposed to be but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve even heard it.
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posted on
01/27/2015 8:03:18 AM PST
by
POWERSBOOTHEFAN
(TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
To: carriage_hill
LOL! I can see Obama doing that.
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posted on
01/27/2015 8:06:49 AM PST
by
POWERSBOOTHEFAN
(TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Not sure I understood your post, or you were thinking my reference to “beard” was a reference to someone like Oprah’s fake boyfriend, Bill Clinton, or Huma Abedine’s fake husband.
I meant facial hair.
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posted on
01/27/2015 8:33:39 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN
Where did the term beard even come from? A literal beard (facial hair) is supposed to make men look more manly. Some effeminate faggots who wish to hide their sodomitic tendencies cultivate a reasonably attractive girlfriend (sometimes even marry her) as a way of appearing more manly, and hiding the fact that they're pickle-smooching fudgepackers ...
To: NorthMountain
I actually learned the word for people without a beard: women.
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posted on
01/27/2015 9:04:05 AM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Jewbacca
To: Jewbacca
I thought you meant it in terms of a fake girlfriend. That’s a big DUH on my part. :-/
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posted on
01/27/2015 9:33:32 AM PST
by
POWERSBOOTHEFAN
(TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
To: POWERSBOOTHEFAN; flaglady47
I checked out Ellen Degenerate's wardrobe on her new television series on the House & Garden network. It's contrived, carefully-muted male. I call it "un-natural chic".
Three people in my whole adult life I can't stand to look at on TV....OJ Simpson, Obama and Ellen.
Leni
To: MinuteGal
Have you seen OJ’s mugshot? It’s scary. There is no emotion in his eyes.
He is pure evil.
And you’re right about Ellen. She looks more and more masculine every day.
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posted on
01/27/2015 10:10:36 AM PST
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POWERSBOOTHEFAN
(TOUCH MY SODA AND THERE'LL BE HELL TO PAY!!)
To: NorthMountain
They look a little green and pretty.
In seriousness, I understand the need to shave a beard in modern combat, due to chemical warfare and the necessity of masks --- I had to shave down to 3mm beard in the Israeli military because I was a pilot and needed to secure my mask, but going completely beardless is a form of cross-dressing in Judaism and specifically forbidden to shave (as opposed to cutting very closely). (This is the background of the on-going joke exchange you posted in the middle of.)
I read somewhere that Western Gentiles shaving was fairly new -- and, while not unknown -- Roman Centurions shaved, for example -- beards were more the norm than not. WWI and chemical warfare was really the impetus for kicking off the clean-shaven look in the West.
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posted on
01/27/2015 12:00:54 PM PST
by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Jewbacca
due to chemical warfare and the necessity of masks Occasionally, my job requires me to work in a certain location ... and then I have to shave. Gas mask: I may never need it, but if I do I'll need it right bloody now. I normally have about 1/2 to 3/4 inch of beard, probably "closely trimmed" by your standards.
Google up photographs of soldiers in the American "War Between the States". To my knowledge, that was the first war to be photographed; soldiers went from completely clean-shaven (perhaps 17yo kids) to some fairly spectacular beards. All the men in the picture you posted would fit right in either the Union or Confederate armies.
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