Helen Andrews

Helen Andrews (née Rittelmeyer)[1] is an American conservative[1] political commentator and author.

Education

Andrews received a Bachelor of Arts in Religious studies from Yale University.[2]

Career

Andrews is a former senior editor at The American Conservative and the former managing editor of the Washington Examiner.[3][4][1][5] While working at First Things, Andrews began writing Boomers, a book with the thesis that members of the "Baby Boomer" generation harmed American culture.[6] The book chooses as its six examples Steve Jobs, Aaron Sorkin, Jeffrey Sachs, Camille Paglia, Al Sharpton, and Sonia Sotomayor.[6]

From 2012-2017 she was a think tank researcher at Center for Independent Studies in Australia. She also won a Sydney Award in 2018 for her essay "Shame Storm" which explored online dynamics and cancel culture through a personal lens.

In January 2025 Commonplace magazine announced that they had brought Helen on as "our new features editor." Commonplace is a magazine launched by American Compass and is focused on right-of-center political, economic and cultural issues.

In September 2025, Andrews gave a speech at the National Conservatism Conference that was later turned into a widely discussed essay for Compact magazine.[7][8] The essay argued that wokeness in American culture was driven by a "great feminization" as woman entered important positions in American society.[9][7] She wrote that wokeness is fundamentally female, as it prioritizes "empathy over rationality, safety over risk, cohesion over competition."[9]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ a b c Cadzow, Jane (8 April 2017). "With heroes including Donald Trump, meet conservatism's new, telegenic talking heads". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  2. ^ "Contributors". Centre for Independent Studies. 28 April 2015.
  3. ^ Robertson, Derek (June 5, 2021). "How Everything Became 'Cancel Culture'". Politico.
  4. ^ "Transcript: Ezra Klein Interviews Helen Andrews and Jill Filipovic". The New York Times. April 6, 2021.
  5. ^ "Helen Andrews". The American Conservative. 14 October 2024.
  6. ^ a b c Wallace-Wells, Benjamin (28 January 2021). "The Conservative Case Against the Boomers". The New Yorker.
  7. ^ a b c French, David (23 October 2025). "How Women Destroyed the West". The New York Times.
  8. ^ Dougherty, Michael Brendan (17 October 2025). "Helen Explains Things to Me". The Corner. National Review. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  9. ^ a b Gilbert, Sophie (November 5, 2025). "No, Women Aren't the Problem". The Atlantic. Retrieved 2 February 2026.
  10. ^ Morris, Adam (May 31, 2021). "Lasch, Rehashed: On Helen Andrews's Boomers". Los Angeles Review of Books.
  11. ^ Kaufman, Elliot (March 15, 2021). "The Inflated Generation". Commentary.
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