Author of the groundbreaking Big Girls Don’t Cry, an acclaimed look at women’s roles in the 2008 elections, Traister has focused on women in the media, politics, and entertainment for a wide range of publications, including the Nation, the New Republic, the Washington Post, and others; she’s also a writer at large for New York Magazine and a contributing editor at Elle. In her second book, All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation, she depicts contemporary American life — including issues of class, race, and sexual orientation — through the lens of the single American woman, while observing shifting demographics.

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