Talk:Rachel Pollack

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The "P" in her last name should be capitalized.

Moved. --ChrisRuvolo (t) 21:48, 21 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Religion

The article describes her as a unorthodox Jew, but for some reason she's also in the Wiccan category. Does she combine elements of both faiths, did someone put her in the Wicca category by mistake, or did she leave the religious aspects of Judaism for Wicca? Some editing needs to be done to the article to make this clear. Right now it reads like she believes in Judaism but is in the Wicca category for some reason. Ash Loomis

Rachel was raised a modern Orthodox Jew. She does not call herself Wiccan. I don't know where that idea came from. She honors and is an expert on all religions but has never defined herself as Wiccan. She is an expert on divination practices such as the tarot, I Ching and scrying. She is a member of the eclectic, liberal 'Woodstock Jewish Congregation' in New York.

[edit] Transsexual?

Isn't Rachel Pollack a male-to-female transsexual? Shouldn't the article mention anything about that? 惑乱 分からん 16:58, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

She's written articles about them and is quite involved in transsexual rights. But as far as I know, she was born a woman.

She's categorized as one, apparently. 惑乱 分からん 22:14, 17 April 2006 (UTC)

"Categorized as one" meaning as a transsexual woman? That's correct, although she's kept silent about it in recent years to focus on Kaballah and the Tarot. The article links to some of her trans-related writings, in which she talks about her own experience. Susan Davis 18:48, 6 May 2006 (UTC)

The personal biography is now full of unsourced contentious material and material that is not written in a neutral style, regarding this transexuality issue. —Preceding unsiged comment added by 24.85.86.239 (talk) 06:59, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

The repeated inclusions of personal material are getting out of hand. I've just removed wildly inappropriate personal material. --Anniepoo (talk) 02:57, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

Following more reinsertions of the same libelous material I've requested that this page be protected. --Anniepoo (talk) 02:42, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

But her transsexuality should definitely be mentioned. It is important both a personal info (although i can understand people not wanting to mention it for only that reason) and her work. She has written on the subject, and it influences her fiction a lot (trans character pop up all the time).Yobmod (talk) 10:58, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Thank you kindly, Anniepoo, for both removing unreferenced personal details and for adding references as well as an extensive list of publications. As far as I know, transsexuality is a major biographical factor and should be mentioned. Unfortunately this is a biography of a living person and accuracy is of paramount importance to cover our collaborative rear, as a courtesy and because people have been harassed and briefly detained because Wikipedia vandals carry the day. The implications are fortunately not the issue here, but biographical material in the article must be accompanied by a reliable source for the information. If you, dear reader, are uncertain about the usability of your source, go bug someone about it on his talk page. Such is the beauty of a collaborative environment. --Kizor 19:41, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Needs NPOVing

Someone is obviously not a Pollack fan. Regardless of how one feels about Ms. Pollack's work, the critics did like her, whether or not the fans did (and sales figures would suggest they didn't) Either way it is NPOV to suggest that her run on Doom Patrol was a complete failure. Also, it is often McKeever who is blamed for the runs cancellation.

[edit] Original research much?

Some editors seem to have strong opinions and/or personal knowledge of the subject. There are some unencyclopedic details her (the dog, her cooking preferences, etc.). Maybe someone could try to find some reliable sources? Surely the people who seem to be personal friends of the subject could simply ask her for online references. Avt tor (talk) 19:58, 29 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Occult Tarot

An editor edited the heading Tarot to Occult Tarot. I checked with Rachel, she tells me that while some tarot is indeed occult, not all is, and that simply 'Tarot' is probably a better description of her work. The editor has made similar changes to a number of pages, so possibly they're pushing a NPOV agenda. Anyway, I've reverted it. Hopefully the original editor will leave a note here explaining the change. Anniepoo (talk) 14:04, 5 June 2008 (UTC)