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
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So heartened by this effusive review of WITHOUT CONSENT by @enbrown.bsky.social for @reason.com:
Greta Rideout's landmark rape case against her husband: 'I did it for my daughter'
Author Sarah Weinman's 'Without Consent' tells the story of the legal and political battles to outlaw spousal rape in the U.S.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
So heartened by this effusive review of WITHOUT CONSENT by @enbrown.bsky.social for @reason.com:
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A future functioning Dem Congress should just pass a catchall statute that says something like “for the purpose of all federal criminal laws, no action shall be taken to implicate interstate commerce unless the offense occurs in multiple states or has significant interstate econ impact.”
October 29, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A future functioning Dem Congress should just pass a catchall statute that says something like “for the purpose of all federal criminal laws, no action shall be taken to implicate interstate commerce unless the offense occurs in multiple states or has significant interstate econ impact.”
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Three Years Ago Today: "Sex trafficking stings often serve as a general dragnet for petty offenses." – @enbrown.bsky.social maggiemcneill.com/2022/11/02/i...
In the News (#1285)
Sex trafficking stings often serve as a general dragnet for petty offenses. – Elizabeth Nolan Brown Innocence Never Had To cops, sex workers can only be victims or criminals: Two 17-year-ol…
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November 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Three Years Ago Today: "Sex trafficking stings often serve as a general dragnet for petty offenses." – @enbrown.bsky.social maggiemcneill.com/2022/11/02/i...
Essentially, DOJ said it has the power to police anything that involves money or a street
The 8th Circuit rejected this, calling this "a constitutionally important inquiry" because it gets at how far the feds can extend policing power using the Commerce Clause as justification
The 8th Circuit rejected this, calling this "a constitutionally important inquiry" because it gets at how far the feds can extend policing power using the Commerce Clause as justification
October 29, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Essentially, DOJ said it has the power to police anything that involves money or a street
The 8th Circuit rejected this, calling this "a constitutionally important inquiry" because it gets at how far the feds can extend policing power using the Commerce Clause as justification
The 8th Circuit rejected this, calling this "a constitutionally important inquiry" because it gets at how far the feds can extend policing power using the Commerce Clause as justification
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I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
October 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I made an image of all the art posted by US DOL on X since approximately Labor Day
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Law enforcement does this regularly, with high-profile round-ups of sex workers under the guise of stopping trafficking. They're rewarded with grant money and federal funds and PR. Meanwhile, the sex workers are jailed or forced through rehabilitation programs or assaulted.
That's exploitation.
That's exploitation.
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Law enforcement does this regularly, with high-profile round-ups of sex workers under the guise of stopping trafficking. They're rewarded with grant money and federal funds and PR. Meanwhile, the sex workers are jailed or forced through rehabilitation programs or assaulted.
That's exploitation.
That's exploitation.
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For adult creators, it's even more disastrous. The more people are dissuaded from going to legal sites, the more they seek out pirated content, which doesn't require facial scans to access.
The UK government is starving creators to score a political point.
The UK government is starving creators to score a political point.
October 24, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For adult creators, it's even more disastrous. The more people are dissuaded from going to legal sites, the more they seek out pirated content, which doesn't require facial scans to access.
The UK government is starving creators to score a political point.
The UK government is starving creators to score a political point.