Elizabeth Marcus
Cognoscenti contributor
Elizabeth Marcus is a former architect and a writer who posts wide-ranging essays at eLizWrites and DontSayAWordBook.
Recently published
First Loves Last Forever
Nearly 50 years after their romance ended, Elizabeth Marcus writes about visiting her first love.
Our Mothers, Ourselves: A Daughter Reflects On Beauty And Blame
Blaming my mother for what society has wrought.
'Dirty Old Man': What If It's Not A Cultural Trope, But A Gentleman Losing His Mind?
Turning elder lust into a dirty joke, which we’ve done for at least 2,000 years, defuses our horror at a parent’s loss of dignity but prevents our seeing the behavior...