Latest articles by Elissa Strauss
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Why you should care that Frank Bruni asked Jennifer Aniston about Brangelinaopinion It points right to Hollywood's gender gap
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Why Broad City is the new Lean Inopinion This ode to female slackerdom is the yin to Sheryl Sandberg's yang
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Enough with mansplaining. And manspreading and manslamming.feature It's time to stop man-izing all problematic behavior
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Why the feminists should hear out the menimistsopinion Alongside lots of crazy talk sit many sincere questions and critiques about men's role in society
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Why I don't want 'mom friends'feature Please don't pass the "mommy juice" either
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Why Madonna should rock her wrinklesopinion If she really wants to regain the limelight, Madonna should take on age, not politics
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Why our homes — not offices — are largely responsible for the gender pay gapopinion Husbands, it's time to really start supporting your wives' careers
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Why everyone got upset about Marriott's plan to increase housekeepers' payopinion And the award for worst PR backfire goes to...
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Why even non-Jews should celebrate Yom Kippuropinion The case for ritualized apologizing
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Boyhood's refreshingly unsentimental take on motherhoodopinion "I just thought there would be more"
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The simple policy fix that could halt the spread of the deadly enterovirusopinion Worried about the virus infecting one of your kids? Support paid sick days.
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Why Connie Britton is the most inspiring woman on TVopinion The Nashville star is redefining what it means to be an adventurous woman
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What's really at stake in Jill Abramson's ouster from The New York Timesopinion It doesn't take a woman to dismantle the old boys club — but it does require someone "pushy"
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The uncomfortable truth in The Giving Treeopinion The Giving Tree is not actually a happy book. It's a tragedy about the perils of dependence.
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The real reason we should be troubled by Rihanna's see-through dressopinion It sends a backwards message
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Why Jewish women had to smuggle a tiny Torah into the Western Wallopinion One of Israel's holiest sites is ruled by double-standards
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These two studies should be a wake-up call to natural-childbirth extremistsopinion You can't lay America's infant mortality rate at the feet of doctors
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Why feminists should welcome J.Lo to the partyopinion J.Lo's latest music video flips the gender script via a bevy of Speedo-clad men
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The surprising feminism of Jane the Virginopinion Jane the Virgin might sound like the kind of comedy Sean Hannity would show his daughter, but buried inside is a powerful message
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Kim Kardashian's secret to fame: be boringopinion The backlash against her Vogue cover is very telling
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Half-baked genetic research is fueling the latest round of mom bashingopinion Epigenetics is adding more grist to the pregnancy advice mill
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Why is Drew Barrymore teaming up with Walmart?opinion The laid-back Californian is lending her star power to a giant corporation with a history of being unfriendly to women
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Why we should all vacation at the exact same timeopinion There's even a scientific term for it: "collective restoration"
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Your 2-year-old doesn't need to go to schoolopinion Unless your family is low-income, there's no point. It might even backfire.
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