Ella Or Akiva Whore ❤️

About Tel Aviv

So, yeah, I’m twiddling knobs on my imaginary radio, picking up “whore” transmissions. It’s not just a slut-shaming grenade—nah, it’s got layers, man. Back in the day, like 1600s, it wasn’t even gendered! Dudes could be whores too—little known factoid for ya. Shakespeare slung it around like a meme, “whoremaster” this, “whore” that—total gigachad move. Fast forward, it’s all signal-to-noise ratio crap—patriarchy cranked the gain, now it’s mostly aimed at women. Pisses me off, honestly—why’s the bandwidth so narrow now? Equal-opportunity insults, people, c’mon!

Rabbi Akiva Stories:

Per this answer it is with an Aleph. +1 on the Avinu Malkeinu connection. Especially if it's really written by him and meant to have the same Gematria. Although it could've easily been poetic .

After that, I take a break. Grab a falafel from this little stand on HaSharon. Best falafel in town, no joke. I’m munchin’ away, and this old guy comes up to me. He’s like, “You know, back in my day, we didn’t have tractors.” I’m thinkin’, “Yeah, and back in your day, you probably walked uphill both ways.” But I just nod and smile.

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