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Elizabeth Kristen

Elizabeth Kristen is the director of the Gender Equity and LGBT Rights Program at the Legal Aid Society-Employment Law Center and a Public Voices fellow of The OpEd Project.

Elizabeth's Latest Articles

‘Supergirl’ Coming to TV, Let’s Check Her Powers

By Elizabeth Kristen & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● October 23, 2015

I am sorry to see that the new “Supergirl” TV show starting Oct. 26 features another hyper feminine, blond, blue-eyed, skinny, white girl. That’s not only monotonous, it sends a damaging cultural message to girls about who can be heroic and how.

Ellen Pao’s Trial Stood for Many Earning Far Less

By Elizabeth Kristen & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● April 3, 2015