Elizabeth Bruenig

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

The guy says in the article he thinks kids ought to see adult genitals in the context of kink. Think this might be the rare situation where I honest to god have the more sane read on the whole thing. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

this is literally my point, almost word for word. it is the opposite of the point made in the Boston Review article i was responding to — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@reldred79 @shadihamid @RichardvReeves What the fuck are you talking about — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@Stefan_BC @jennfrey Their problem was actually much worse — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@AlexandraErin @EvelKneidel @jennfrey Guys it is written in the BR article linked above. I think it’s an extremely marginal and likely purely rhetorical position — all the weirder! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

chopitums = chocolate 🍫 https://t.co/itizLv19CD — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @PRRIpoll: 26% of Republicans and 24% of rural Americans who are vaccine hesitant say faith-based approaches would improve their likelih… — PolitiTweet.org

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@abrahamjoseph such a damn good movie — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@shadihamid @RichardvReeves further to my theory that postwar consensus was an anomaly and this is just what liberalism feels like — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @applethelgbt: romanticize your life by taking a walk during golden hour and playing the luca soundtrack — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AliceFromQueens: Welp https://t.co/ohBtdgYIpe — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @mattyglesias: The most anticipated substack of the year https://t.co/oF9SuFzpuQ — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @theAntiBinge: @ebruenig https://t.co/5ObRB8OTz3 — PolitiTweet.org

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@wife_geist this is peak performance — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

here's a disgusting thing i like to do: momsmeal, wherein i collect the leftovers on my family's plates, pile them onto the least dirty of their plates, and feast. herein: fried chicken, coleslaw, strawberry shortcake...kind of toddler mashed https://t.co/KokHOid6rX — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@JoCoMicallef @jonathanchait i'm not saying there are partisan differences, just individual variance — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@JoCoMicallef @jonathanchait but there's also the problem of quantifying what a friend is, such that there's no certainty that person a who considers person b their friend is considered a friend by person b! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@joanwalsh @jonathanchait well it's an article in the washington post, i had to think about it to comprehend it! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@jonathanchait ha looks like the mismatch isn't due to independents (as i initially assumed) but due to self-reporting! — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@jonathanchait well i think a big chunk ID as independent, right? that's gotta be what's driving the mismatch here. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @zukovenir: let’s take a moment to appreciate her being 100% real in these pics. this is a positive message about bodies, celebrities ha… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @FrHarrison: Mary: immaculate Rest of the Saints: https://t.co/2BFyh4NlpD — PolitiTweet.org

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@queeraye @himbojedi man i just thought the wapo piece where the lady was like "i insist my kids watch kinky stuff with me" was bizarre. would rather kms than watch people going at it while hanging out with my mother — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

@ashley_quan i guess my question is: if you don't mean public sex, why say public sex, especially in a conversation about kink, which a reasonable person would assume to pertain to sex — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

RT @skelidoge: @ebruenig 🐍 https://t.co/sQwG0MvG40 — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

what i was commenting on with the boston review article was that the recent washington post article, where a lady said she actually wants her kid to see kinky sexuality in public, is that this person argues it's in fact imperative for social justice that kids witness public sex — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

so this, for instance -- "perhaps what parents are really upset about is that if their kids witnessed some public sex the kids might like it" -- seems like opting into a rhetorical zone that's both a.) harmful to the cause and b.) just totally, totally unnecessary https://t.co/oqOCbVdQ4U — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

again, i think this is an argument that was sort of bred in a lab by the preconditions listed above (what to do about kink, pride, and kids) — i have to doubt that anyone was sitting at home before this discourse thinking: i need to get my kids in front of more kink, but how? — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

instead of the (reasonable, in my view) argument that there are celebrations, street festivals, events, etc that are for grown-ups and do not need to be PG, there's this thread of argument along the lines of: no, pride should be maximally explicit and kids ought to be there. — PolitiTweet.org

Elizabeth Bruenig @ebruenig

this "should there be kink at pride in light of the presence of children?" discourse has had such an utterly bizarre trajectory — the answer should be, in my view: adults have all kinds of festivals (i.e. mardi gras) where sex is a feature and you should leave the kids at home. — PolitiTweet.org