Elizabeth Nolan Brown
@enbrown.bsky.social
sex, speech, tech, justice, parenting, politics, & panic ✨ senior editor @reason.com, journalism instructor at University of Cincinnati, Midwestern mom
My husband, ladies and gentlemen
October 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
My husband, ladies and gentlemen
Newsom vetoed SB 771 👏
It would have essentially made being a social media platform a civil rights violation reason.com/2025/10/13/c...
It would have essentially made being a social media platform a civil rights violation reason.com/2025/10/13/c...
October 14, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Newsom vetoed SB 771 👏
It would have essentially made being a social media platform a civil rights violation reason.com/2025/10/13/c...
It would have essentially made being a social media platform a civil rights violation reason.com/2025/10/13/c...
This was my favorite bit of 107 Days:
October 2, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This was my favorite bit of 107 Days:
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October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Coming up tonight in DC! (Sadly, I will not be there) www.eventbrite.com/e/reason-ver...
(Friends, students, & interns — DM me for a discount code if you’re interested!)
(Friends, students, & interns — DM me for a discount code if you’re interested!)
And, lastly, Do You Feel Like Slop?
Freya India, writing at Jon Haidt's Substack, projects all sorts of weird darkness onto people posting photos online
Freya India, writing at Jon Haidt's Substack, projects all sorts of weird darkness onto people posting photos online
October 1, 2025 at 6:46 PM
And, lastly, Do You Feel Like Slop?
Freya India, writing at Jon Haidt's Substack, projects all sorts of weird darkness onto people posting photos online
Freya India, writing at Jon Haidt's Substack, projects all sorts of weird darkness onto people posting photos online
2nd up: Gen Z doesn’t use the same sexual metaphors or slang as boomers! Are you alarmed yet?
Bonus absurdity points to this piece for spreading the idea that until now, “you could just ask a girl to be your girlfriend, and she'd say yes or no, and that was it.”
Bonus absurdity points to this piece for spreading the idea that until now, “you could just ask a girl to be your girlfriend, and she'd say yes or no, and that was it.”
October 1, 2025 at 6:45 PM
2nd up: Gen Z doesn’t use the same sexual metaphors or slang as boomers! Are you alarmed yet?
Bonus absurdity points to this piece for spreading the idea that until now, “you could just ask a girl to be your girlfriend, and she'd say yes or no, and that was it.”
Bonus absurdity points to this piece for spreading the idea that until now, “you could just ask a girl to be your girlfriend, and she'd say yes or no, and that was it.”
1st up: Do We Really Need Another iPhone?" asks Paul Greenberg at Time. You see, one time at age 19 he met a stranger in Luxembourg & they couldn't find a disco, ergo phones are destroying us.
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
1st up: Do We Really Need Another iPhone?" asks Paul Greenberg at Time. You see, one time at age 19 he met a stranger in Luxembourg & they couldn't find a disco, ergo phones are destroying us.
Got my age gated by Ohio notices
September 30, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Got my age gated by Ohio notices
"When I speak about [birth rates]," somebody always asks "'Should we stop women from going to college? Should we discourage them, disincentivize them?'" says Pakaluk. "I'm alarmed at hearing, more and more, this kind of argument that we should just turn back the clock" reason.com/2025/09/22/m...
September 29, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"When I speak about [birth rates]," somebody always asks "'Should we stop women from going to college? Should we discourage them, disincentivize them?'" says Pakaluk. "I'm alarmed at hearing, more and more, this kind of argument that we should just turn back the clock" reason.com/2025/09/22/m...
Even if the bill doesn’t move further — and even though it totally wouldn’t pass 1A muster — I think it’s still notable as a disturbing sign of where some Republican heads are at right now
September 23, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Even if the bill doesn’t move further — and even though it totally wouldn’t pass 1A muster — I think it’s still notable as a disturbing sign of where some Republican heads are at right now
By so much as writing or posting pictures of themselves, a trans person could face felony charges — punishable by up to 20 years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine if the “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” became law reason.com/2025/09/22/m...
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
By so much as writing or posting pictures of themselves, a trans person could face felony charges — punishable by up to 20 years in prison and/or a $100,000 fine if the “Anticorruption of Public Morals Act” became law reason.com/2025/09/22/m...
The bill also takes aim at transgender people, people with non-binary gender identities, drag queens, and any other deviation from traditional conservative conceptions of gender, making depictions of or writing about them illegal
September 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
The bill also takes aim at transgender people, people with non-binary gender identities, drag queens, and any other deviation from traditional conservative conceptions of gender, making depictions of or writing about them illegal
“Culturally rich. No kitsch.”
Apparently Cincy tourism board has a new slogan and… I kind of like it.
“Full of trend” definitely needs work, though
Apparently Cincy tourism board has a new slogan and… I kind of like it.
“Full of trend” definitely needs work, though
September 20, 2025 at 10:55 PM
“Culturally rich. No kitsch.”
Apparently Cincy tourism board has a new slogan and… I kind of like it.
“Full of trend” definitely needs work, though
Apparently Cincy tourism board has a new slogan and… I kind of like it.
“Full of trend” definitely needs work, though
Goodness, I really hate the syncophantism of ChatGPT. Are there people who actually like this?
I asked for headline suggestions for a feature I've got going up soon and here's what it responded afterward:
I asked for headline suggestions for a feature I've got going up soon and here's what it responded afterward:
September 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Goodness, I really hate the syncophantism of ChatGPT. Are there people who actually like this?
I asked for headline suggestions for a feature I've got going up soon and here's what it responded afterward:
I asked for headline suggestions for a feature I've got going up soon and here's what it responded afterward:
I was going to join the local garage-sale group on Facebook and this was the first post I saw and... nope. no thank you. hell no.
September 18, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I was going to join the local garage-sale group on Facebook and this was the first post I saw and... nope. no thank you. hell no.
Also: 44 percent of NYC voters think sex work should be legal
33 percent said it should be a crime and 24 percent said they weren't sure, per a new poll
33 percent said it should be a crime and 24 percent said they weren't sure, per a new poll
September 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Also: 44 percent of NYC voters think sex work should be legal
33 percent said it should be a crime and 24 percent said they weren't sure, per a new poll
33 percent said it should be a crime and 24 percent said they weren't sure, per a new poll
The NY decrim bill, from @juliasalazar.bsky.social & @phara4assembly.bsky.social, would remove all penalties for selling sex & only leave penalties for patronizing or promoting prostitution when there are minors or force involved reason.com/2025/09/17/t...
September 17, 2025 at 7:23 PM
The NY decrim bill, from @juliasalazar.bsky.social & @phara4assembly.bsky.social, would remove all penalties for selling sex & only leave penalties for patronizing or promoting prostitution when there are minors or force involved reason.com/2025/09/17/t...
Also: the whole thing may be a lot of noise, as evidence by some of its other findings... like people who watched Pirates of the Caribbean being more securely attached than those who watched Claymation pirates or porn pirates
September 10, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Also: the whole thing may be a lot of noise, as evidence by some of its other findings... like people who watched Pirates of the Caribbean being more securely attached than those who watched Claymation pirates or porn pirates
You might notice young adults who 1st got a phone at 18 have mental health scores = kids who first got one around 8. Or how kids who started around 12-13 have the *best* mental health scores, higher than those who first got a phone at 15 & much higher than those who got a phone at 16...
August 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
You might notice young adults who 1st got a phone at 18 have mental health scores = kids who first got one around 8. Or how kids who started around 12-13 have the *best* mental health scores, higher than those who first got a phone at 15 & much higher than those who got a phone at 16...
If you’re a parent in North America, when would you give your child their first smartphone if you were basing your decision just on this study about cellphone initiation and mental health?
August 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If you’re a parent in North America, when would you give your child their first smartphone if you were basing your decision just on this study about cellphone initiation and mental health?
I can’t believe this is real
August 27, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I can’t believe this is real
This just does not seem like the right way to go about convincing people on embryonic screening that
August 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This just does not seem like the right way to go about convincing people on embryonic screening that
The proliferation of suits like these is just asking for increased surveillance of hotel guests, especially women; unnecessary interactions with cops; and harassment of people based on classist, racist, and sexist assumptions
August 13, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The proliferation of suits like these is just asking for increased surveillance of hotel guests, especially women; unnecessary interactions with cops; and harassment of people based on classist, racist, and sexist assumptions
"I found many politicians spun or dissembled but most tried to keep their claims tethered to the truth....The expectation that politicians would stick close to the truth began to erode with Trump’s emergence." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
July 31, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"I found many politicians spun or dissembled but most tried to keep their claims tethered to the truth....The expectation that politicians would stick close to the truth began to erode with Trump’s emergence." www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...