Author Archives: Liya Rechtman
On Anonymity: One Writer’s Name
(Liya Rechtman)– Those of you who have been reading ACVoice for long enough may remember my previous incarnation as the anonymous ConstantLy back on SheBomb dot com. ConstantLy was my … Continue reading
My Dad: “The Terrorist”
(Liya Rechtman)– “Eez not bomb. Is radio. I have license.” I can hear the roll in his “r” and the slight guttural “ch” aftertaste of his “h.” The TSA officials … Continue reading
Friends of Har Masada: fiction
(Liya Rechtman)– Over winter break, a friend and I traveled around Israel. We visited my family, helped a friend film his thesis on Israeli-Palestinian cooperation, but mostly we just wandered … Continue reading
Women’s Center?: Doing More For Gender Equality
(Liya Rechtman)– In recent months, the Amherst College administration has spent hundreds of hours (and maybe a couple thousand dollars) on the construction of spaces physically conducive to a more … Continue reading
In Defense of Athletes: An Elephant for Professor Dumm
(Liya Rechtman)–I was shocked, and deeply offended by Professor Dumm’s article published in The Student last week titled “The Elephant in The Room.” I would like to take this opportunity … Continue reading
Post YOUR Secret
(Liya Rechtman)– On Saturday nights I have a bedtime ritual. No matter how sleepy I am when I get home, I, like many thousands of others across canyons of cyberspace, … Continue reading
Kosher on Christmas
(Liya Rechtman)– Jews eat Chinese food on Christmas Eve. It’s a thing. Jews have had Chinese food on Christmas Eve since we first started arriving in this country en masse. … Continue reading
Can I Hold Your Hand?
(Liya Rechtman)– Is the dark going to catch us? I don’t know. It is, isn’t it? Come on. We’ll hurry. The dark did catch them. By the time they reached … Continue reading
