Elissa Strauss

Columnist

Elissa Strauss writes about the intersection of gender and culture for TheWeek.com. She also writes regularly for Elle.com and the Jewish Daily Forward, where she is a weekly columnist.

If your family dinner looks nothing like this, you're not alone.

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Feature

In defense of family dinner

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Feature

Why being miserable in high school is good for you

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Opinion

The end of the gushing celebrity profile

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Opinion

The problem with 'boyfriend' jeans

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Opinion

The hard work of chill parenting

A controversial Protein World subway advertisement

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Opinion

Let's ban sexist subway ads

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Opinion

Who cares if Kim Kardashian calls herself a feminist?

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Opinion

The pure bliss of summertime TV

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Opinion

Enough with the doofus dad jokes

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Opinion

How Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill changed my life

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Opinion

Childbirth is finally getting the cultural treatment it deserves

Opinion

Amy Schumer wants you to stop buying into sexism

Opinion

Why being miserable in high school is good for you

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Opinion

The freedom that mothers are still denied

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Opinion

In defense of shame

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Opinion

The mommy wars are not about kids

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Audiophile: Listen Smarter

How gluten intolerance became the fainting spell of the 21st century

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Feature

Why everyone loves Passover

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Opinion

Sheryl Sandberg's sex tips aren't half-bad

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Opinion

Boys need a stay-at-home dad LEGO figurine

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Feature

How gluten intolerance became the fainting spell of the 21st century

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Opinion

That CEO’s confession is actually full of terrible advice for women

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Analysis

Why does Togetherness act like feminism never happened?

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Opinion

Why every American baby deserves a fresh diaper — courtesy of the U.S. government

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Feature

Why feminspiration advertising is just the sort of cynical ploy feminism needs

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Opinion

Why Parenthood was the perfect antidote to a cynical age

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Opinion

Want to ask Facebook about your daughter's binky? Go ahead.

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Opinion

Why you should care that Frank Bruni asked Jennifer Aniston about Brangelina

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Opinion

Why Broad City is the new Lean In

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Feature

Enough with mansplaining. And manspreading and manslamming.

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Opinion

Why the feminists should hear out the menimists

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Feature

Why I don't want 'mom friends'

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Opinion

Why Madonna should rock her wrinkles

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Opinion

Why our homes — not offices — are largely responsible for the gender pay gap

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Opinion

Why everyone got upset about Marriott's plan to increase housekeepers' pay

Opinion

Boyhood's refreshingly unsentimental take on motherhood