Elissa Strauss

Elissa Strauss has been a journalist, essayist, and opinion writer for the past fifteen years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times , The Atlantic , Glamour , Elle , Allure , The American Prospect , and elsewhere. She's been a contributing writer for CNN where she covered the culture and politics of parenthood, as well as at Slate , where she wrote on feminism and motherhood. From 2011-2017, she was the coartistic director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture in New York City, and in...See more

Elissa Strauss has been a journalist, essayist, and opinion writer for the past fifteen years. Her work has appeared in The New York Times , The Atlantic , Glamour , Elle , Allure , The American Prospect , and elsewhere. She's been a contributing writer for CNN where she covered the culture and politics of parenthood, as well as at Slate , where she wrote on feminism and motherhood. From 2011-2017, she was the coartistic director of LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Culture in New York City, and in 2020, she launched a hub in the Bay Area, where she is currently the artistic director. She lives in Oakland, California, with her family. See less