#joy Ladin

[junkjounral]

June 6, 2023

“There is no difference between trying to love and loving” —Joy Ladin

[moncuries]

faith, judaism and being trans as described by joy ladin, a trans woman and poet

[thensson]

It Didn't Change Anything, but Love Was There

The Snail and the Rosebush, Hans Christian Andersen || Forgetting, Joy Ladin || Sue Zhao || As Long as There is Love, There Will be Grief, Heidi Priebe || We Were Young, Fortesa Latifi || Scenes from Dune Part Two (2024) ||

[dancingthroughourlifes]

I think we all know this part of the poem

BUT I wanted to talk about another part:

The tone of this is very much a shared feeling of anger, yet drawing a line between the poets and the readers anger. Saying "This is you" and "This is me". It seems like she is saying "This anger and me are interchangeable. I am my anger. " and thus "Your anger and you are interchangeable. You are your anger. " But then you keep reading

And she keeps going! With kindness!

So not only is she reminding the reader to care for themselves still, regardless of all their anger, that seems to have consumed them to the point it feels like synonymous to their personhood, their soul; no she is also assuring you that that is not the case at all!

You are not your anger! You deserve to eat still! To not feel like an overflowing pot! You deserve to get better!

Forgetting/ Joy Ladin/ Full poem /Interview

[localibrarian]

some joy ladin

[makingqueerhistory]

Hi! Do you have any recommendations of books that explore the relationship between queerness and Judaism? Thanks so much!

Yes, absolutely; this subject also interests me so I am excited to share some books!

First, the book I always recommend:

Beyond the Pale Elana Dykewomon

Another favourite of mine:

The New Queer Conscience Adam Eli

I also recently got a fantastic list from a patron in our discord!

A Rainbow Thread: An Anthology of Queer Jewish Texts from the First Century to 1969 Noam Sienna

Balancing on the Mechitza: Transgender in Jewish Community Noach Dzmura, Tucker Lieberman

Uncommon Charm Emily Bergslien, Kat Weaver

Torah Queeries: Weekly Commentaries on the Hebrew Bible Gregg Drinkwater, Joshua Lesser, David Shneer, Judith Plaskow

The Soul of the Stranger: Reading God and Torah from a Transgender Perspective Joy Ladin

I hope this list helps!

[damianbugs]

A Letter To My Mother That She Will Never Read by Ocean Vuong / Batman Urban Legends #18 / Dementia by Jane Hewitt / We Are Robin #8 / Forgetting by Joy Ladin / We Are Robin #8 / Remember My Name by Mitski / Batman (2011) #50

[answermywearyquery]

pete + vegas // joy ladin - psalms

loan’s kinnporsche 2nd anniversary: favourite romantic relationship: vegaspete

[torsamors]

I have been, and always shall be, yours. - kirk x spock

[id in alt text + quote sources under the cut]

[(1) Spock’s autobiography (2) Jane Austen (3) Mitski - Francis Forever (4) Mhairi McFarlane (5) Louise Glück (6) The Wedding Date (2004) (7) The National - Slow Show (8) John Grisham (9) Joy Ladin (10) Rachel Mennies (11) Emery Allen (12) Pedros Salinas translation Ruth Katz Crispin (13) Sleeping at Last - Venus (14) Kiersten White (15) @whendidmythoughtsgocrazy (16) Florence + the Machine -How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful (17) Farscape]

[danseuse-de-ballet]

Billy Maximoff & Tommy Maximoff + Clarice Lispector from a letter to Fernando Sabino // «Forgetting» by Joy Ladin

[shenzhiheng]

Euripedes, "Erakles" // Joy Ladin, "Forgetting" // Sam Moe, "Corallium"

↳ @userdramas event 11: loss — difang + potentially losing li lianhua

[euxellis]

Let me tell you a story about love: She had a soft voice and strong hands. When she sang she would seem too large for the room and she would play guitar and sing, which would make his chest feel huge. Sometimes he would touch her knee and smile. Sometimes she would touch his face and close her eyes. — War of the Foxes, Richard Siken

Apotheosis, Episode 2 // Today Means Amen, Sierra DeMulder // Apotheosis, Episode 11 // Forgetting, Joy Ladin // Paper Towns, John Green // Apotheosis, Episode 7 // Apotheosis, Episode 11 // The Retribution of Mara Dyer, Michelle Hodkin // Apotheosis, Episode 3 // coffin heart? bury me, Fatima Bilal // Apotheosis, Episode 12 // coffin heart? bury me, Fatima Bilal // Unknown // Apotheosis, Episode 13 Part 2 // unknown // Apotheosis, Finale

[ofshivelight]

“However, the commentaries pointed out that Ehyeh asher ehyeh also means “I will be what I will be.” Instead of essence, this reading defines God as a pure becoming, a fountain of potential constantly bursting through the crust of existence and realizing itself in the world. This is a God of action, a restless verb that refuses to stand still or be fixed, a hummingbird-like blur of transformative energy that has always moved on before we can quite bring it into focus, an arrow whose trajectory opens new horizons. The God this name defines isn’t found through meditation or stoic shrugging-off of reality, but by the opposite: by recognizing and participating in the revolutionary God-energy bubbling through the tumult of life and history.”

— Torah In Transition, by Professor Joy Ladin

[llovelymoonn]

How about a web weaving about love on the brink of obsession?

I feel as though I should put it out there that I don’t condone such behavior!

ヾ(´･ ･｀｡)ノ

walt whitman leaves of grass: "from pent-up aching rivers" \\ gregory orr the last love poem i will ever write: poems, 2019: "we were that joke..." \\ via @blameauthority \\ joy ladin forgetting (via @weltenwellen) \\ debra baxter heart of gold \\ alexander blok the selected poems of alexander blok: "on the dunes" \\ joy ladin forgetting

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[vexilexicon]

amaya - say, if i only could i'd make a deal with god

crush richard siken // are you a soldier, a poet, or a king? @/atlanticsea // the young martyr 1853 paul delaroche // what the water gave me florence + the machine // on love, loneliness, & giant dogs jenny slate // untitled ann&may // crush richard siken // rage finished chris beaven // fate's been playing the long game on us, sweetheart a.j. // clean the japanese house // a self-portrait in letters anne sexton // take me to heaven victor m. alonso // running up that hill (a deal with god) kate bush // the garden of eden ernest hemingway // joan of arc 1865 john everett millais // a nude by edward hopper lisel mueller // forgetting joy ladin // three sleeping at last // the magdalen at the foot of the cross 1866-1884 george frederic watts // @/filmnoirsbian // little weirds jenny slate

[queertheology]

hey, have been trying to catch up on my faith and wanted to know if there's an episode with a trans woman guest? Its unfortunately kinda difficult to search on the site lol. thanks!!

Yes! Here are a couple:

https://www.queertheology.com/podcast/410/ With Jewish poet and theologian Joy Ladin

https://www.queertheology.com/podcast/408/ with musician Namoli Brennet

and then there are others with folks of other trans/nonbinary/gender queer identities as well!