# Elana Spivack

   ![Elana Spivack](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_168x168/public/mediaobjects/IMG_tl3f5z.jpg?itok=dQm3rjqV) 

 

Elana Spivack is a writer from New York City whose essays have been published by *Bitch Media* and *Alma*, and whose satire has been published by *McSweeney's*, *Reductress*, and others. She studied English and Spanish-language literature at Kenyon College. She prefers cats and loves cottage cheese. Find more of her work at [elanaspivack.com](http://elanaspivack.com/) and look for her on Twitter as [@e\_spivack](https://twitter.com/e_spivack).



## Blog Posts

 [   ![Elana Spivack Hugging a Tree](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_250x167_center/public/mediaobjects/IMG_2575-min.JPG?itok=dQI73NUM) 

 

 ](/blog/tu-bishvat-i-honor-my-namesake-my-mother-and-planet) January 13, 2022## [On Tu Bishvat, I Honor My Namesake, My Mother, and the Planet](/blog/tu-bishvat-i-honor-my-namesake-my-mother-and-planet)

 [Elana Spivack](/blog/author/spivack-elana)The holiday reminds us that the natural world deserves our admiration—and protection.



 

 



 [   ![Rosalind Franklin with Microscope in 1955](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_250x167_center/public/mediaobjects/Rosalind_Franklin.jpg?itok=Tq1iZYUD) 

 

 ](/blog/beyond-double-helix-rosalind-franklin-turns-100) July 27, 2020## [Beyond the Double Helix: Rosalind Franklin Turns 100](/blog/beyond-double-helix-rosalind-franklin-turns-100)

 [Elana Spivack](/blog/author/spivack-elana)Rosalind Franklin should be remembered for more than just the infamous snubbing of her discover of DNA's structure.



 Topics: [Science](/topics/science) 

 

 



 [   ![Ruth swearing her allegiance to Naomi](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_250x167_center/public/mediaobjects/Victors_Ruth_swearing_her_allegiance_to_Naomi.jpg?itok=pYbixljo) 

 

 ](/blog/wherever-you-go-i-go-queerness-book-ruth) May 27, 2020## ["Wherever You Go, I Go": Queerness in the Book of Ruth](/blog/wherever-you-go-i-go-queerness-book-ruth)

 [Elana Spivack](/blog/author/spivack-elana)This Book of Ruth is a clarion call for women loving women.



 Topics: [LGBTQIA Rights](/topics/lgbtqia-rights), [Shavuot](/topics/shavuot) 

 

 



 [   ![Miriam Rykles in her office, 1968](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_crop_250x167_center/public/mediaobjects/mrykles3.jpg?itok=yoNxvjrJ) 

 

 ](/blog/knocking-harvards-glass-ceiling) October 17, 2019## [Knocking on Harvard's Glass Ceiling](/blog/knocking-harvards-glass-ceiling)

 [Elana Spivack](/blog/author/spivack-elana)In 1962, Miriam Rykles applied to work in Harvard University’s physics department. This is her story.



 Topics: [Education](/topics/education), [Physics](/topics/physics)