#joy Ladin

[yidspiration]

Whether we name G-d judge or torturer,  healer or hater, punisher or protector, G-d usually responds with silence. That silence can be maddening, heartbreaking, enraging; it may lead us to feel that G-d is not there at all. But G-d's silence gives each of us the power--the awful power--to define G-d's role in our lives and in the world in ways that, whether or not they affect G-d's actions, can profoundly shape our own. 

— Joy Ladin, “The Soul of the Stranger: Reading G-d and Torah from a Transgender Perspective”  

[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

[therisingfog]

The footsteps of the Lord

In the garden. I know

The drill: I pull on my skin

And try to act human,

Knowing you’ve already noticed

The difference between the creature I am

And the creature you thought

You were breathing yourself into

On the sixth day, at evening.

-Joy Ladin

[localibrarian]

some joy ladin

[magical-musings-of-morgan]

tbh nothing has helped me overcome my culturally christian mindset more than learning about antisemitism. Those roots run so, so deep in everything, ESPECIALLY Christianity. Learning more about Judaism as a faith and Jews as a people also has helped me unpack so much.

It’s calling it the Tanakh and not the Old Testemant. It’s learning that there are other ways to interpret these old stories than the mindset of “everything points towards Jesus.” It’s really stopping to question WHY we don’t see these interpretations as “valid” or more worth considering than the more prevalent Christian ones. It’s raising an eyebrow and calling into question people who say the “old testament god” was a bloodthirsty misogynistic tyrant (because yeah that’s dogwhistle-y to me)

Anyways any jewish ppl who come across my blog I am blowing you a kiss and handing you a cool sword to kill nazis with <3

[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

[yidspiration]

As I said at the beginning of this book, Jewish tradition describes the Torah as a tree of life-- not as a tree of some lives, or as a tree of certain aspects of our lives, or as a tree of lives that fit binary gender categories, but as a tree of life itself, supporting, connecting, and sustaining the lives of all who cling to it. No matter how our identities, cultures, and religious  practices may change over the millennia, this image of the Torah assures us that our lives grow out of the same trunk, the same roots.

— Joy Ladin, “The Soul of the Stranger: Reading G-d and Torah from a Transgender Perspective”  

[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