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Elizabeth Grace Matthew

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Elizabeth Grace Matthew writes about books, education, and culture, including on Substack.

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# Alt Text Four pop art-style panels in cyan, yellow, magenta, and green display cartoon characters with exaggerated features stacked vertically, grinning widely with their arms raised in energetic poses against striped backgrounds.

Dispatch Culture

How Imaginary Is ‘Calvin and Hobbes’?

Valerie Pavilonis, Daniel Sipes, Elizabeth Grace Matthew, & Eli Kronenberg / July 18, 2026

A raised hand painted white with a red X marked across the palm against a vibrant red background.

Society & Culture

The Many Fallacies of Antifeminism

Elizabeth Grace Matthew / July 11, 2026

Two stylized head silhouettes in blue and green face each other with smaller head icons visible in their minds, representing communication or exchange of ideas.

Society & Culture

How We Ruined Empathy

Elizabeth Grace Matthew / May 30, 2026

Three colorful thermographic images of beach houses with vibrant neon pink, cyan, and yellow overlays showing thermal variations across their structures and surroundings.

Dispatch Culture

Our Heads Are Just Houses

Valerie Pavilonis, James Taylor Foreman, Elizabeth Grace Matthew, & Zachary Shemtob / April 25, 2026

Society & Culture

The New (and Worse) Bridget Joneses

Elizabeth Grace Matthew / April 11, 2026

Illustration by Noah Hickey/The Dispatch (Photos via Getty Images).

The Monday Essay

Why Our Children Are Nihilists

Elizabeth Grace Matthew / February 9, 2026

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Society & Culture

‘Cabrini’ and the American Dream

Elizabeth Grace Matthew / March 23, 2024

Close-Up Of Wedding Rings

Society & Culture

Can People Be Persuaded to ‘Get Married’?

Elizabeth Grace Matthew / February 17, 2024