Archive - Elizabeth Nolan Brown

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December 2023

A Killer Cop and International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers

Andrew Mitchell's story illustrates why criminalizing prostitution makes it so dangerous.

Dec 18, 2023

All Joy and A Lot of Fun

Parenting isn't a drag, you guys.

Dec 11, 2023

May 2023

Storks Don't Take Orders From the State

Fertility, and all the individual choice it entails, may be too big for even the most powerful governments to control.

May 17, 2023

April 2023

5 Years After Backpage

Plus: "What is BDSM?", banning TikTok, storks and the state, and more…

Apr 19, 2023

January 2023

In Defense of Algorithms

... and "screen time," too, while we're at it.

Jan 17, 2023

November 2022

When the Going Gets Weird on Twitter...

... you dust off your Substack, obviously

Nov 11, 2022

February 2022

The Fight to Decriminalize Sex Work

I'm teaching a short, virtual course on it, staring February 28.

Feb 26, 2022

December 2021

But first, a look back on what I've been up to this past year.

Dec 30, 2021

December 2020

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Dec 10, 2020

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