Dec 17 2018
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Jezebel’s annual list of Best Women is always invigorating for us to put together. But 2018 had a special tenor to…
May 1 2018
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Barbara Ehrenreich is “old enough to die,” she writes in her new book, Natural Causes: An Epidemic of Wellness, The…
Aug 11 2011
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Whatever you think about The Help, at least it's sparked a larger conversation about domestic workers' lives — and…
Apr 9 2010
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My period came today. The cramps are...bad. In fact, they're worse than they were even just last month, because a…
Dec 2 2009
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Barbara Ehrenreich asks, "has feminism been replaced by the pink-ribbon breast cancer cult?" In other words, are…
Oct 23 2009
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Last week, Barbara Ehrenreich took self-help guru Marcus Buckingham to task for his ideas about women's happiness.…
Oct 21 2009
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According to Barbara Ehrenreich's Bright-Sided, the much-vaunted "power of positive thinking" won't cure cancer,…
Oct 13 2009
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It's Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which means our public spaces are bedecked with so many pink ribbons, it looks…
Sep 24 2008
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Barack Obama has his first definitive lead in the polls, but it's not because America is full of optimists — or, at…
Jan 16 2008
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Nickel and Dimed author Barbara Eherenreich and New York Times columnist Bob Herbert both wrote opinion pieces this…
Dec 18 2007
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Last week, in Barbara Ehrenreich's Huffington Post essay entitled "Bonfire Of The Princesses," the Nickel And Dimed…
Dec 11 2007
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The unparalleled Barbara Ehrenreich on a "sorry bunch of wusses," the Disney Princesses: "In faithful imitation, the 3-year-old in my life flounces around with her tiara askew and her Princess gown sliding off her shoulder, looking for all the world like a London socialite after a hard night of cocaine and booze.…
