cool stuff
Hello and welcome to elissastein.com—I wear many hats these days: writer, consultant, advocate, expert, activist, designer, crafter, and more. Feel free to peruse this site and explore what I've been up to lately and a bit back in the day.
I've officially started working on Wrinkled, a project about women, society, and aging—official subtitle is still a work in progress. You can follow my journey on Substack as pieces start to fall into place.
Gurl, Stop, the endlessly topical and entertaining podcast I do with two fabulous fellow activists has been out in the world for more than two years. It's truly must listen.
This year I had the once in a lifetime honor to head up
Cat Ladies Unite! at the Village Halloween Parade in NYC - it was not so subtle political statement about unity and community.
FLOW: the Cultural Story of Menstruation is the book that keeps on giving. Was delighted to be a part of a very cool project with Condé Nast and Kotex: me talking history and chatting about the importance of open conversation.
And, it was recently noted as one of 8 great feminist microhistories at Bookriot. I'll take that.
Crocheting, knitting, collaging, handmade card making, designing, sewing, fabricating, cricut-ing have made it to the mainstage these days. Stay tuned for photos and inspo.
My WASH YOUR HANDS project was/is a bright light in crazy days. Pieces are in a History Responds collection at the New York Historical Society, which is a complete and total thrill. Equally fabulous is that some of that donated work appeared on the cover of Time for Kids. Wow!
Line dancing! Dancing in general. After an osteoporosis diagnosis I'm doing everything I can to build my bones back.
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