Aside from supplying the world with news by and about Jewish college students, we’re also a training ground for the next generation of Jewish journalists. A new post today at The Forward’s Sisterhood blog by occasional New Voices contributor Rachel Cohen is today’s proof of that.
In the post, Rachel uses Anne-Marie Slaughter’s controversial piece in The Atlantic earlier this year as a jumping-off point for exploring some personal questions:
…I can’t help but ask myself, where do I fall in all of this? What choices do I face as a 20-year-old Jewish American female student?
In one of my sociology classes this semester, we began to analyze the concept of “family through a post-modern perspective.”…
Post-Modern theorists embrace the notion that the world has changed so much from previous eras, that today individuals must make choices about virtually all aspects of their lives. Before, choices were limited and one’s life was generally pre-determined from history, tradition and custom. Now, when it comes to questions of self-identity, we increasingly rely upon our own construction of reality to dictate who we are. These choices range from big life decisions about relationships, religion and careers to the most trivial questions — what should I tweet? What should my profile picture be?
On the edge of your seat yet? Check out the full post to find out how Rachel answers some of life’s most… important questions. (Although I can tell you right now: The picture above is the one she uses for her Facebook profile pic.)
