The future is female

Israeli women are making things happen in the Holy Land

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Wednesday October 18 2017

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Whether it’s painting the city’s walls with Hollywood pinups and 3-D collages, exposing the well-oiled woman powered machinery behind Start Up Nation, or shaking up cocktails behind the bar, Israeli women–and women in general–are badasses, plain and simple. It’s time we give these women the recognition they deserve. After all, the future is female, and so is the present.

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