Latest articles by Elissa Strauss
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Our obsession with parental happiness is making us miserable
opinion Why do today's harried parents need a happiness validation?
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In defense of family dinner
opinion Let's not give up on home-cooked meals; let's just ditch the many factors that make them a pain
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Thank god Amy Poehler is not very nice
opinion "I am not as nice as you think I am," Poehler says in her new book Yes Please. This is important and uplifting.
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How the Kardashians' neighborhood became the most notorious suburb in America
opinion Why did sleepy Calabasas become reality TV's Hollywood?
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Half-baked genetic research is fueling the latest round of mom bashing
opinion Epigenetics is adding more grist to the pregnancy advice mill
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Your daughter needs to know that mom makes less than dad
opinion Don't just brush your home's inequality under the rug. Girls need to know what they're up against.
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'Having it all' has officially jumped the shark
opinion A once-thoughtful discussion is now just navel-gazing about managing abundance
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Why I don't want 'mom friends'
opinion Please don't pass the "mommy juice" either
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The absurd lie that celebrity moms love to tell us
opinion Sorry, Scarlett: There's no way you lost that weight from breastfeeding alone
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Is it no longer OK to buy your daughter a doll?
opinion 'Tis the season for anxious parenting
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Your 2-year-old doesn't need to go to school
opinion Unless your family is low-income, there's no point. It might even backfire.
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Welcome to the age of ambivalent feminism
opinion Self-identifying feminists now feel safe to air their doubts and contradictions — and that's a good thing
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The feminist battle that too many women ignore
opinion Why fair treatment for pregnant women at work should be a new rallying cry
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Too many women have close-call assault stories. Here's what I learned from mine.
opinion It often takes the manifestation of evil in an extreme form to shed light on the more mundane appearances of that evil in our lives
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Feminism has a 1 percent problem
opinion When a seat at the table costs $500 a head
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Dear Arianna Huffington: I don't want to thrive
opinion I just want to live a fulfilling life
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That 'world's toughest job' ad is actually full of horrible lessons on motherhood
opinion Please politely decline Cardstore.com's viral invitation to a pity party
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The cult of natural childbirth has gone too far
opinion It's childbirth, not performance art
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Sorry, Esquire, lusting after 40-year-old women isn't progress
opinion Allow me to womansplain
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Why PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi just gave the interview of the year
opinion Brutal honesty about motherhood has never been more necessary
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5 reasons why you should just shred that holiday letter
opinion A case against seasonal bragging
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How formula-feeding made my husband a better father
opinion Breast is best — except for equal parenting
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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 time
opinion There's even a scientific term for it: "collective restoration"
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