Elizabeth Grace Matthew

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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.

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

Why ‘feeling right’ on race is not—and has never been—enough

Elizabeth Grace MatthewAugust 21, 2020

In 1862, Harriet Beecher Stowe made feeling right on race easy, righteous and comfortable, all at once. We face the same trap today.

Arts & CultureIdeas

Gen-X women can’t ‘have it all’ after all

Elizabeth Grace MatthewMarch 20, 2020

Generation X came of age in a culture awash in dreams of women’s perpetual and idealized childhood being sold as feminist empowerment.

Arts & CultureIdeas

It’s time to do away with the idea of ‘parenting’

Elizabeth Grace MatthewNovember 15, 2019

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.