I used to really enjoy her columns, Twitter, and podcast, and I liked that there was a visible democratic socialist in mainstream media who was also Catholic. I haven’t really followed her much lately as I’ve drifted further from being a practicing Catholic myself. I saw an article about her in another community criticizing her (it’s here: (https://judedoyle.medium.com/what-we-talk-about-when-we-talk-about-elizabeth-bruenig-ba5a477ef838)) and it made me think harder about her views and how her nuclear family wholesome image can be a bit sinister when combined with her pro-life politics. What do you guys think, in particular about her as a public Catholic who (at least self-identifies) as a leftist?
Cool! Yeah, thanks for sharing. When I was a fan ~4yrs ago I didn’t think much of her being pro-life because I didn’t think abortion was seriously under threat (naive, I know) but these days it’s pretty damn bad, like you said
I used to have the opinion of “safe, legal and rare”…like improve access to healthcare, protection from domestic violence, improved sex ed, would all reduce abortion rates - but as I’ve came to learn, you really gotta stake your ground on the most radical position because this country is garbage and there is no compromising with christo-fascists. Abortion on demand is ultimately a human right and a protection of pregnant people.