Susanna Schrobsdorff

Schrobsdoff is the assistant managing editor of TIME.com. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, TIME, Sports Illustrated, Parenting and People. She received the Newswomen’s Club of New York Front Page Award for commentary.

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Crime

Steubenville and the Family Guy Generation

By Susanna SchrobsdorffMarch 19, 20130

Our culture constantly blurs the line between real-life pain and bad humor. Why would we expect our children to do otherwise?

Elections

Romney’s Binders: The Meme Women Love to Hate

By Susanna SchrobsdorffOct. 19, 20120

How one little phrase became a potent political symbol

Society

The Tyranny of the ‘Sexy’ Mom

By Susanna SchrobsdorffJuly 30, 20120

Have Americans become too obsessed with how women’s bodies do — or don’t — spring back into shape after having a baby?

Family

Confessions of an Accidental Attachment Parent

By Susanna SchrobsdorffMay 10, 20120

Once you get sucked in, it’s hard to back out

Travel

Why the Costa Concordia Shipwreck Is So Disturbing

By Susanna SchrobsdorffJan. 19, 20120

These floating palaces seem to stave off mortality, but they’re not invincible — and neither are we

Letters to the EditorView More

Time for a Change in Evaluating Federal College Access and Success Efforts

May 21, 2013

Upward Bound has helped hundreds of thousands of students go on to earn bachelor’s degrees, and the program’s success is well-documented

More Joel Stein!

May 8, 2013

Please tell Joel Stein to write more “serious” content

We Shouldn’t Limit Access to Emergency Contraception

May 2, 2013

Restriction to emergency contraception sends a message that we don’t trust young people to make their own decisions about reproductive health