I Was Off To Yale To Be

All Of Us, As Bodies, Are In The Active Position Of Figuring Out How To Live With And Against The Constructions - Or Norms - That Help To Form Us.

As We Interpret Ourselves Differently, We Also Live Ourselves Differently.

You Only Trust Those Who Are Absolutely Like Yourself, Those Who Have Signed A Pledge Of Allegiance To This Particular Identity.

Indeed, Even If One Believed That Criticisms Of Israel Are By And Large Heard As Anti-semitic (by Jews, Anti-semites, Or People Who Could Be Described As Neither), It Would Become The Responsibility Of All Of Us To Change The Conditions Of Reception So That The Public Might Begin To Distinguish Between Criticism Of Israel And A Hatred Of Jews.

I Do Think We Need To Allow For There To Be Room For Subversive And Ironic Speech. We Need To Be Able To Put Out Plays In Which We Make Fun Of Ourselves Or In Which We Interrogate The Words That Injure Us. And Maybe Give Them Another Meaning.