On OITNB’s Weird Antisemitism

I have to say, I’m pretty unhappy with the third season of Orange is the New Black. Before watching the season, I was perusing Tumblr (as is my wont) and came across a few posts that discussed the presence of antisemitism in Piper Kerman’s original text, specifically as it pertained to her dismissal, imitation, mockery, and overt hatred for a character identified as “Levy,” “a tiny French-Moroccan Jew who claimed to have been educated at the Sorbonne.” Not having read Kerman’s memoir, I was surprised by this, but the original poster elaborated that “Kerman reserves special loathing for Levy, and she is totally up-front about it. She not only doubts Levy’s academic credentials, she also imitates her accent in English” (which she does not do in the cases of other accented individuals). Kerman also casually referenced Polish ghettos in her discussion of Levy, the original poster stated.

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Curtain Call” (13)

Previously on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story Spooky FuckingGlee: It doesn’t matter. No fat ladies sing this episode, but fuck it, it’s finally over, for really and for true. The writers don’t give a fuck, so why should I?

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Show Stoppers” (12)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story: He ran into my knife. He ran into my knife ten times.

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Magical Thinking” (11)

Previously on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story:

Elsa pretty much did this:

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Orphans” (10)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story: The Secret Origins of Pepper.

Are you ready to weep, America?

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Tupperware Party Massacre” (9)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story: despite this episode’s working title, no fat lady sings; #BlackLivesMatter; and we wax poetic about establishing shots.

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Blood Bath” (8)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story: People are losing their heads, psychiatrists don’t have faces, and Elsa encourages Jimmy to chase chubs. Welcome to the Freak Show. 

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Test of Strength” (7)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story (sigh) Spooky Glee: Everything is boring, and technology sucks.

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Bullseye” (6)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story Spooky Glee (?):  Everybody’s throwing temper tantrums.

American Horror Story Freak Show: “Pink Cupcakes” (5)

This week on Spoooooky Glee American Horror Story: handsome, well built men have their sexiness undermined by the nastiness that is period-appropriate underwear (you broke cinéma vérité re: time for a Fiona Appel music number, but you couldn’t put these handsome boys in something sexy, Ryan Murphy?), we learn that television is the death of culture, and we talk about how capitalistic wealth is sociopathic. Join us!