Elly’s writing and reporting can be found in over 20 national and international outlets online, with select clips below:
Reported
Codependency: How Emotional Neglect Turns Us into People-Pleasers – Healthline
Danica Roem on Coming Out as Trans and Her Life Before Politics – Teen Vogue
New Yorkers Organize Cancel Rent Protest In Front Of Governor Andrew Cuomo’s House – Refinery29
Jalil Muntaqim Has Been In Prison For 50 Years & Now He’s Battling COVID-19 – Refinery29
What It’s Like To Realize You’re Trans and Queer in Quarantine – Autostraddle
Where the Green Grass Grows: Cultivating a Haven Away from Outside Violence (originally in print, fall 2019) – Bitch Media
How to Keep Your Relationship Healthy During a Global Crisis – Autostraddle
Staying At Home Has Lead To An Increase In Child Abuse Cases — Here’s How To Help – Refinery29
Gig Workers Of America Tell Us Why They Are Going On Strike – Refinery29
This Project Shows You the Harsh Realities of Being a Teen Prisoner – Teen Vogue
Why Activists Are Pushing Back Against New York’s Plan to Have Prisoners Make Hand Sanitizer – Allure
Women of the ACLU: A Centennial Celebration (centerfold, originally in print, winter 2020) – ACLU Magazine
Biphobia in Medical Spaces Makes Getting Mental and Physical Health Care that Much Harder for Bisexual People – Well+Good
White People Need to Hold Other White People Accountable When it Comes to Racism – Teen Vogue
These Young People Want to Tell You About Their Abortions – Teen Vogue
Bystander Intervention Can Stop Sexual Assault Before it Happens: a Guide – Teen Vogue
Small Presses Publish the Revolution at the Socialism Conference 2019 – Publisher’s Weekly
In NYC, Students Tackle Cyber Threats — and the Digital Gender Divide – SparkAction
Features
Now List 2021: Lydia X.Z. Brown’s Advocacy Makes Space For Disabled People of Color – them.
Accompanying text to Documenting Dysphoria by Salgu Wissmath – The Cut
The Pandemic Has Made All Relationships More Complicated — What Happens When Polyamory is Involved? – Refinery29
How Tarot Cards Help Me When I’m Feeling Really, Really Uncertain – Greatist
These Queer Couples U-Hauled During COVID-19. Did They Move Too Fast? – NewNowNext
Name a Woman: “Furious Lesbian” Socialite Mercedes de Acosta – NewNowNext
How Platonic Intimacy Improved Everything About My Life (Part I) – Greatist
What Does Platonic Intimacy Look Like in Real Life? (Part II) – Greatist
What the Iron Giant Can Still Teach Us About Friendship and Vulnerability – The Dot and Line
Profiles
How This Writer Is Using Her Platform To Help Navajo People During COVID-19 – Refinery29
Sir Babygirl Wants You to Feel the Extremes – Vinyl Me, Please
Molly Bernard is Finally Home – Playboy
Sol Flores Wants to Be a Woman of Color in Congress – Teen Vogue
Cultural Critique
For Queer and Trans People, Sondheim’s Work Made Them Feel Seen – Bitch Media
How Taylor Swift Created a Roadmap for Young Women in Pop – Bitch Media
On “a touch of the beat,” Aly & AJ Are All Grown Up – Bitch Media
From the Sidelines to the Spotlight: LGBTQ Books 2021 – Publisher’s Weekly
Twenty Years Ago, “Buffy” Refused to Let Queer Women Be Happy – Bitch Media
Nancy Pelosi Forgot That It’s Possible To Criticize Trump Without Fat Shaming – Refinery29
How Can I Still Love Dory When Ellen DeGeneres Sucks So Much? – The Dot and Line
“Is Harry Styles Queer?” Is the Wrong Question to Ask – Bitch Media
What Responses to Miley Cyrus’s Breakup Say About Queer Erasure – Bitch Media
Survivors Don’t Need Your #TimesUp Cupcakes – Bust Magazine
Personal
On ELO, “Mr. Blue Sky,” and Envisioning a World Where People See Me – Teen Vogue
Carly Rae Jepsen’s Music Helped Me Stop Apologizing for Being “Too Much” – Catapult
How Nude Selfies Made Me A Better Friend to Myself and Others – Greatist
My Therapist Says the World Is Not My Burden to Bear – Elemental
‘Lilo and Stitch’ Taught Me That I’m No Monstrosity – The Dot and Line
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