Throughout her career, Ehrenreich has worked as a freelance writer, and she is arguably best known for her non-fiction reportage, book reviews and social commentary. Her reviews have appeared in "The New York Times Book Review", "The Washington Post", "The Atlantic Monthly", "Mother Jones", "The Nation", "The New Republic", the "Los Angeles Times" Book Review supplement, "Vogue", Salon.com, "TV Guide", "Mirabella" and "American Film". Her essays, op-eds and feature articles have appeared in "Harper's Magazine", "The New York Times", "The New York Times Magazine", "Time", "The Wall Street Journal", "Life", "Mother Jones", "Ms.", "The Nation", "The New Republic", the "New Statesman", "In These Times", "The Progressive", "Working Woman", and "Z magazine".