Elissa Strauss

Elissa Strauss's writing on gender and culture has appeared in the New York Times, Jezebel, and the Forward, where she is a lead blogger for the Sisterhood. Follow her on Twitter at @elissaavery.

Spike heels, sex and strollers: I'm tired of lady mags pretending that motherhood doesn't exist Elissa Strauss

The tyranny of the "bad mother": Slacker moms are just as intimidating as perfect ones Elissa Strauss

Biblical birth control: The surprisingly contraception-friendly Old Testament Elissa Strauss

Can't Have It All

I'm not ambitious, and that's OK Elissa Strauss

"Orange Is the New Black": Just an edgier version of "The Help" Elissa Strauss

The hipster racism of reality TV Elissa Strauss

What "The Bling Ring" gets wrong about Valley girls Elissa Strauss

Behind domestic workers' new bill of rights Elissa Strauss

"Sex and the City's" friendship fairy tale Elissa Strauss

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