Elizabeth Willse Former contributing editor to WVFC Elizabeth Willse is a freelance writer and book reviewer based in New York. Her writing has appeared in the Newark Star-Ledger, Newsday, Women's Health Magazine, and The Moment I Knew, an anthology recently published by Sugati Press. She is also begun her masters' degree studies in Library and Information Science.
Food & Drink

The Beers of Summer

By Elizabeth Willse
By Elizabeth Willse

If your mental picture of beer involves tasteless, fizzy yellow stuff, you're in for a taste treat. Here, some top picks for your next picnic or barbeque.

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News

Women’s Voices: A Real Game Changer for the NFL

By Elizabeth Willse
The above public service announcement aired during the Jets-Bengals playoff game on Saturday, possibly unnoticed by football fans anxious to continue cheering their teams. But some fans saw, in this simple announcement, the culmination of a dramatic story that has been building on the sidelines. Throughout this football season, growing concerns about traumatic brain injury have shaken the complacency of…
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Family & Friends · Lifestyle

Thankful for My Aunts

By Elizabeth Willse
My mom is one of six sisters. Every Thanksgiving, my mother’s family gathers at Aunt Ruthanne and Uncle Ron’s house in Connecticut. The table stretches from the dining room into the living room, with a joyous crowd of parents, aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents and friends. “We don’t say grace,” my late Uncle Howie once quipped. “We do The Wave.” I…
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Fashion & Beauty · News

Barbie: Christian Louboutin Puts His Foot In It

By Elizabeth Willse
Throughout her 50-year history, every bit of Barbie’s 11-inch-tall form has been the subject of scrutiny and debate. Originally introduced in 1959 as “a teen-age model,” her history has always been linked to the fashion world, and has become a tangled part of women’s girlhood memories and body images. (On Barbie’s actual 50th birthday in March, WVFC’s Laura Sillerman called…
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