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[kradeelav]

man, this absolutely beautiful, haunting 14th century rabbi poem/prayer wrestling with Gender ...

had to take a moment or two after that.

* tumblr is maybe not the best place to get culturally sensitive/nuanced stuff (at least without plenty of sources, there is a podcast episode here but they don't have the transcript online so i can't vet accuracy).

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[mamuzzy]

woaaahhh ._.
There is something weirdly comforting to witness people in the past having internal struggles like this. You are able to touch fingertips with souls you can't with people in the present.

[kradeelav]

nod nod! there's one blogger who i follow who mentions how reading is akin to 'breaking bread with the dead' (aka companionship with the dead) and your thoughts made me think of that too...