Elizabeth Nolan Brown
@ENBrown
sex, speech, tech, justice, parenting, politics, & panic ✨ senior editor @reason, jour. instructor @uofcincy, cofounder @feministliberty, Midwestern mom
I got to write about Cincinnati for @reason's 1st travel issue! Specifically, about my people (German Catholics) and their love for beer
Now this is an endorsement: a self-help book entertaining enough for people who don’t need the help Links to pre-order here: drinkyourwaysober.com
I started flipping through Nick's review copy, and it was so entertaining I couldn't put it down (metaphorically, I mean; it was an ecopy) even though I'm not in the market for how-to-get-sober advice
Old enough to remember such "surfing" predates widespread internet access, let alone Section 230 and social media. ⌛️
When people can sell plasma, they commit fewer property crimes and become less reliant on high-interest loans.
Breaking News: Speaker Mike Johnson said he would shut down the House until September to block a vote on calling for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files. nyti.ms/4nZtblR
📆 July 28 in DC: We host: Is Community Notes an Effective Tool Against Misinformation? With @ENBrown @reason, @noUpside @Georgetown, our @SpenceKjell
A woman whose son died while subway surfing is suing Meta and TikTok for showing him videos of the deadly activity. The tech companies say Section 230 should protect them from liability reason.com/2025/07/21/sub…
The eagle has landed. For years, I tried everything to take control over my drinking: AA, therapy, Smart Recovery, Moderation Management, yoga, cleanses, CBT, CBD, moving to new cities and states. Long term, nothing worked. But then I stumbled across a treatment I’d never heard…
📆 July 28 in DC: We host: Is Community Notes an Effective Tool Against Misinformation? With @ENBrown @reason, @noUpside @Georgetown, our @SpenceKjell
I sort of suspect that a fair amount of what gets referred to as “woke” isn’t really ideological so much as the result of some deeply maladjusted people having been given disproportionate influence over the way everyone else is supposed to live
RT @reason: "Missourians deserve the truth, not AI-generated propaganda masquerading as fact," said Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey. That's why he's investigating prominent artificial intelligence companies for…failing to spread pro-Trump propaganda?
Babies with three parents were born healthy in the United Kingdom. Many more families might have benefited by now except that the FDA essentially banned that technology 25 years ago in the U.S. reason.com/2025/07/17/3-p…
"it’s not just age or testosterone driving sexual decline, but subtle rises in blood sugar" scitechdaily.com/its-not-your-a…
Around 1.2 million people are hospitalized involuntarily due to mental illness in the US each year. Policymakers are thinking of expanding such programs across the country. We conducted the first study to determine the causal effects of involuntary hospitalization.
"Would you consider joining an alternative party to the Democrats and Republicans?" Yes: 49% No: 45% - "Would you consider joining a third party created by Elon Musk?" No: 77% Yes: 17% Quinnipiac / July 14, 2025
📆 July 28 in DC: We host: Is Community Notes an Effective Tool Against Misinformation? With @ENBrown @reason, @noUpside @Georgetown, our @SpenceKjell