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Elizabeth Grace Matthew works in higher education. She holds a B.A. in English literature from the University of Pennsylvania, an M.A. in English literature from Penn State University, and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from St. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia.

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Elizabeth Grace Matthew
Reality is messier than than fiction that reduces historical figures like Hillary Clinton to the sum of her most oversimplified virtues and vices.
An illustration of the death of Uncle Tom from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Illustration: Etching by George Cruikshank, 1852/Alamy).
Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
In 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe made feeling right on race easy, righteous and comfortable, all at once. We face the same trap today.
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Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
Generation X came of age in a culture awash in dreams of women’s perpetual and idealized childhood being sold as feminist empowerment.
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Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
I do not mean that we need to stop having children. I mean that we need to stop engaging in the practices that have coincided with the widespread usage of “parent” as a verb.
Marie Kondo demonstrates her method of creating domestic order on her Netflix show "Tidying Up With Marie Kondo."
Arts & CultureIdeas
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
The queen of ‘tidying’ is captivating audiences with this question: What do you truly value?
Arts & CultureBooks
Elizabeth Grace Matthew
The various arguments around Little Women have long boiled down to: does the novel empower women, or does it oppress them?