Devorah Blachor

{{short description|American writer}}

Devorah Blachor is an American writer, journalist, humorist and essayist who was born in New York.

Blachor wrote the ‘Coming to America’ parenting column for The New York Times Motherlode and also writes for The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, McSweeney’s, U.S. News & World Report, The Hairpin, Redbook, Good Housekeeping and The Rumpus. Her Motherlode article "Turn Your Princess-Obsessed Toddler into a Feminist in Eight Easy Steps"{{cite web|url=https://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/turn-your-princess-obsessed-toddler-into-a-feminist-in-eight-easy-steps/|title=Turn Your Princess-Obsessed Toddler Into a Feminist in Eight Easy Steps|first=Devorah|last=Blachor|date=24 October 2014|website=The New York Times}} went viral in 2014{{cite web|url=http://getthefunkoutshow.kuci.org/2017/11/1120-900am-pst-janeane-speaks-with.html|title=11/20 - Janeane spoke with author Devorah Blachor about her brand new book, "THE FEMINIST'S GUIDE TO RAISING A LITTLE PRINCESS: How to Raise a Girl Who's Authentic, Joyful, and Fearless – Even If She Refuses to Wear Anything but a Pink Tutu"|first=Get the Funk|last=Out!|website=kuci.org}}{{cite web|url=http://delano.lu/d/detail/news/feminist-meets-disney-princess/175207|title=Feminist meets Disney princess - Delano - Luxembourg in English|date=7 April 2018|website=Delano}} and was the basis for The Feminist's Guide to Raising a Little Princess: How to Raise a Little Girl Who's Authentic, Joyful and Fearless-Even if She Refuses to Wear Anything But a Pink Tutu. Kirkus Reviews wrote of The Feminist's Guide to Raising a Little Princess: "Humor abounds in this semicheeky examination of the pink world of princesses and little girls."{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/devorah-blachor/the-feminists-guide-to-raising-a-little-princess/|title=THE FEMINIST'S GUIDE TO RAISING A LITTLE PRINCESS by Devorah Blachor - Kirkus Reviews|publisher=|via=www.kirkusreviews.com}} Her McSweeney's satire I Don't Hate Women Candidates-I Just Hated Hillary and Coincidentally I'm Starting to Hate Elizabeth Warren appeared in early 2019.{{cite news|last=Blachor|first=Devorah|url=https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/i-dont-hate-women-candidates-i-just-hated-hillary-and-coincidentally-im-starting-to-hate-elizabeth-warren|title=I Don't Hate Women Candidates — I Just Hated Hillary and Coincidentally I'm Starting to Hate Elizabeth Warren|work=McSweeney's Internet Tendency|date=January 2, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2019}} Blachor adopted the voice of a male voter which Heidi Stevens in the Chicago Tribune described as "rings laugh-so-you-don’t-cry true".{{cite news|last=Stevens|first=Heidi|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-elizabeth-warren-likable-0103-story.html|title=What we're really saying when we debate Elizabeth Warren's likability|work=Chicago Tribune|date=January 3, 2019|access-date=August 14, 2019}}

Raised in an Orthodox Jewish community,{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-feminists-guide-to-raising-a-little-princess/|title=The feminist's guide to raising a little princess|first=Judy|last=Batalion|website=www.timesofisrael.com}} Blachor is married to the Welsh novelist Matt Rees.{{cite web|url=http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2009/10/23/matt-beynon-rees-leora-eren-frucht/|title=Matt Beynon Rees|date=23 October 2009|website=Hadassah Magazine}} and lives in Luxembourg.{{cite web|url=https://therumpus.net/2017/11/the-rumpus-interview-with-devorah-blachor/|title=Beneath A Pile Of Tulle And Tiaras: Talking With Devorah Blachor - The Rumpus.net|website=therumpus.net}}