Ellen Snortland

The LA Press Club recently awarded Ellen Snortland Best Columnist and Journalist Of The Year! If you’d like to access Ellen’s other writing, visit https://ellenbsnortland.substack.com and consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

If I had a magic wand, I’d wave it and give everyone I know an IMPACT Personal Safety Empowerment self-defense class. People often ask me how I became an advocate

According to Wikipedia, the phrase “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church. Written in response to a letter by 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon

According to Wikipedia, the phrase “Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus” is from an editorial by Francis Pharcellus Church. Written in response to a letter by 8-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon asking whether Santa Claus was real, the editorial was first published in a New York newspaper on Sept. 21, 1897. True to my nature, I am passionate about giving women equal billing. What about Mrs. Santa Claus? How come she's never even had a first name? (It's true: Look it up.)

As we inch toward the New Year, ’tis the season to pack up the tired images of stinky, sweaty, lard-bellied Santa and his enslaved, abused elves and reindeer and put

I have a cherished memory of, many years ago, perusing the avocados at the Altadena Super King, the United Nations of grocery stores. I say it’s like the U.N. because

The LA Press Club recently awarded Ellen Snortland Best Columnist and Journalist Of The Year! If you’d like to access Ellen’s other writing, visit https://ellenbsnortland.substack.com and consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.

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“Do you want to attend an Equal Rights Amendment march with me? It’s actually a women’s rights march, but the rights we’re marching for include the ERA.”

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