Alan Elrod
@aselrod.bsky.social
Arkie. President & CEO, Pulaski Institution. Contributing Editor and columnist, @LiberalCurrents.com
Other words: MSNBC, Foreign Policy, The Bulwark, Salon, UnPopulist
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Other words: MSNBC, Foreign Policy, The Bulwark, Salon, UnPopulist
He/Him
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The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
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Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
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“The extreme right... The amount of resources behind them and the amount of power that they hold within the political establishment of their party is absolutely asymmetrical."
- @melissaryan.bsky.social
- @melissaryan.bsky.social
GLOBAL WARNING: Melissa Ryan (Ep 6)
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November 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
“The extreme right... The amount of resources behind them and the amount of power that they hold within the political establishment of their party is absolutely asymmetrical."
- @melissaryan.bsky.social
- @melissaryan.bsky.social
My father-in-law has decided watching Rocky Horror Picture Show should be a new Thanksgiving week family tradition.
I can’t say I’m mad about it.
I can’t say I’m mad about it.
November 27, 2025 at 2:06 AM
My father-in-law has decided watching Rocky Horror Picture Show should be a new Thanksgiving week family tradition.
I can’t say I’m mad about it.
I can’t say I’m mad about it.
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Pinning this one because Jamelle truly said it best! Please give us your support: gofund.me/518bd8669
November 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Pinning this one because Jamelle truly said it best! Please give us your support: gofund.me/518bd8669
Thanks, @jamellebouie.net for this powerful endorsement of what Liberal Currents stands for
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
you should support liberal currents!
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thanks, @jamellebouie.net for this powerful endorsement of what Liberal Currents stands for
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
You heard the man, folks. Support Liberal Currents and help create the media you want to see in the world!
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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Jamelle understands the needs of the moment, as does @liberalcurrents.com
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Jamelle understands the needs of the moment, as does @liberalcurrents.com
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Goddamn.
I'm not familiar with Liberal Currents, but the ideology espoused is something (I hope) we can all get behind.
I'm not familiar with Liberal Currents, but the ideology espoused is something (I hope) we can all get behind.
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Goddamn.
I'm not familiar with Liberal Currents, but the ideology espoused is something (I hope) we can all get behind.
I'm not familiar with Liberal Currents, but the ideology espoused is something (I hope) we can all get behind.
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Yes indeed
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Yes indeed
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well we aren't going to do better than this
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 5:01 PM
well we aren't going to do better than this
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Yep. As I suggest here, Trump tweeted out a pic of the plaque at West Point. But it holds it up as a civilizational triumph that the military answers to the Constitution and the law and not to one man. Trump's presidency flouts that ideal on a regular basis. He owned himself by tweeting that pic.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
November 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Yep. As I suggest here, Trump tweeted out a pic of the plaque at West Point. But it holds it up as a civilizational triumph that the military answers to the Constitution and the law and not to one man. Trump's presidency flouts that ideal on a regular basis. He owned himself by tweeting that pic.
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
As @gregsargent.bsky.social points out, Trump *has* given illegal orders.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
But he’s also so allergic to democratic ideals that the very idea of a military (or any other institution) that serves the people rather than the ruler is totally illegible and incomprehensible to him.
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By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
Note that the BBC openly admits in an email to me that the removal of this claim about Trump's world-historical corruption was done "on legal advice."
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
Translation: Trump's threat of a lawsuit, no matter how bogus, has now been rewarded.
newrepublic.com/article/2036...
November 26, 2025 at 2:03 PM
By the way, note that the description of Biden as being "in obvious mental decline" was left in the speech, while the description of Trump as the "most openly corrupt president in American history" was removed:
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Skipped this book I see
November 26, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Skipped this book I see
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Jamelle Bouie expresses, far better than I ever could, why I chose to contribute to Liberal Currents, even though my politics doesn’t overlap with its political programme one to one
you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Jamelle Bouie expresses, far better than I ever could, why I chose to contribute to Liberal Currents, even though my politics doesn’t overlap with its political programme one to one
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you should support liberal currents!
November 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
you should support liberal currents!
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You heard him folks gofund.me/6d53247f3
November 26, 2025 at 12:17 AM
You heard him folks gofund.me/6d53247f3
Starting ep 3 of The Last Frontier on Apple TV+. My overall verdict is still out, but the needle drops are absolutely fantastic.
November 26, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Starting ep 3 of The Last Frontier on Apple TV+. My overall verdict is still out, but the needle drops are absolutely fantastic.
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Samantha Hancox-Li is the most essential thinker of 2025 and anything that supports her is good.
Something that definitely happened last year is that @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com got on CNN. It's true—we have video.
And, that happened because of an article she landed in a larger publication.
Big platforms lead to big audiences for liberal ideas. Build one: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
And, that happened because of an article she landed in a larger publication.
Big platforms lead to big audiences for liberal ideas. Build one: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
Gorilla Channel Governance
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November 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Samantha Hancox-Li is the most essential thinker of 2025 and anything that supports her is good.
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Stick a fork in Jacobin.
lmao
November 21, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Stick a fork in Jacobin.
One of my corniest traits is my unabashed love for Christmas village kitsch
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
One of my corniest traits is my unabashed love for Christmas village kitsch
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This is what our elite institutions, the country's largest companies, and law enforcement are busy capitulating to. But inspiring to me that it is friends, neighbors, and normies in what look to be pajamas who stand up against fascism in ways our leaders don't. We must remember both of these facts.
November 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
This is what our elite institutions, the country's largest companies, and law enforcement are busy capitulating to. But inspiring to me that it is friends, neighbors, and normies in what look to be pajamas who stand up against fascism in ways our leaders don't. We must remember both of these facts.
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A thread from our editor-in-chief about one of our planned projects:
I want to talk a bit about one specific project we will get off the ground if we're able to meet our goal and hire full time staff. We have been calling it The Reconstruction Papers. It will be a collection of essays focused on a positive, practical vision for the country gofund.me/29ce4ead3
November 25, 2025 at 4:12 PM
A thread from our editor-in-chief about one of our planned projects:
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Several new 'liberal' publications have launched in recent years, sometimes raising millions before writing a word, sometimes getting glossy profiles, then often devolving into weakness.
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Several new 'liberal' publications have launched in recent years, sometimes raising millions before writing a word, sometimes getting glossy profiles, then often devolving into weakness.
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
None of that's true about us. Maybe we should go raise at least a half million: www.gofundme.com/f/the-libera...
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An important excerpt from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 essay "Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset," in two images. Full essay here: www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
November 25, 2025 at 6:29 PM
An important excerpt from @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com's 𝘓𝘪𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴 essay "Democrats Must Embrace War Mindset," in two images. Full essay here: www.liberalcurrents.com/democrats-mu...
I’ve been really touched by how many other evangelicals and exvangelicals have connected with this piece.
Purity culture does lasting harm to girls *and* boys. And a lot of the misogyny we face today has roots in the 90s and early 00s revival of purity teachings across evangelicalism.
Purity culture does lasting harm to girls *and* boys. And a lot of the misogyny we face today has roots in the 90s and early 00s revival of purity teachings across evangelicalism.
Megyn Kelly claimed Epstein was into “the barely legal type,” referring to 15 year-olds.
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
So I wrote about how her comments highlight the ways both purity culture and rape culture sexualize young girls and make male desire their responsibility.
www.liberalcurrents.com/the-barely-l...
The Barely Legal Type: Purity Culture, Rape Culture, and America’s Lose-Lose Proposition for Girls
The very parts of American culture that claim to promote teen abstinence and sexual purity operate on a parallel logic to the rape culture that enables the darkest misogynistic violence against women.
www.liberalcurrents.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I’ve been really touched by how many other evangelicals and exvangelicals have connected with this piece.
Purity culture does lasting harm to girls *and* boys. And a lot of the misogyny we face today has roots in the 90s and early 00s revival of purity teachings across evangelicalism.
Purity culture does lasting harm to girls *and* boys. And a lot of the misogyny we face today has roots in the 90s and early 00s revival of purity teachings across evangelicalism.