Author Archives: Elissa Schappell

About Elissa Schappell

Elissa Schappell is the author of the short story collections Blueprints for Building Better Girls and Use Me. A former senior editor of The Paris Review, she is the co-founder and editor-at-large of Tin House magazine. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

Drink Up / All Apologies

Posted on June 10, 2012 by Elissa Schappell

In which Elissa Schappell suggests that Mitt Romney’s pranks are about as funny as an ad for Belvedere vodka. Continue reading →

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Ode to Sex Ed, or, Miss Teen Mom USA Probably Lives in Mississippi

Posted on May 20, 2012 by Elissa Schappell

Teen pregnancy rates are at their lowest in thirty years, the lowest they’ve been since 1940 when the CDC started keeping count. So why does the GOP keep pushing “Abstinence-Only” education? Elissa Schappell investigates. Continue reading →

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The Mommy Wars

Posted on May 13, 2012 by Elissa Schappell

In which Elissa Schappell, responding to the provocative cover of TIME magazine, gets her Mom on. Continue reading →

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Twit Rombot 2012

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Elissa Schappell

In which Elissa Schappell dismantles the GOP cyborg known colloquially as “Mitt Romney.” Continue reading →

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It is a Truth Universally Acknowledged that a Woman in Possession of a Good Uterus Must be in Want of a Man to Regulate it

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Elissa Schappell

In which Elissa Schappell contemplates the latest right-wing salvos in the War Against Women. Continue reading →

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