FREE LOVE: Past, Present, & Future

Join us for a chat about love, sex, romance, relationships…and the government.

Feminists for Liberty

Feb 19, 2021

Coming up: Free Love (February 23 panel)
Watch: Libertarians & The Left
Introducing Our New Meme Queen
What We've Been Reading, Listening To, and Watching Recently

Tune In Next Tuesday As We Chat About "Free Love"

Feminists for Liberty @FeministLiberty

Tuesday's the day! #F4Lchats Register for our Free Love panel here: tinyurl.com/f4l0221

Join us next Tuesday, February 23, for a libertarian feminist look at love, sex, romance, relationships…and the government. This virtual panel will feature Maggie McNeill, Christian Hertenstein, & Liz Wolfe in a discussion about "free love" with Feminists for Liberty’s Elizabeth Nolan Brown and Kat Murti.

The movement for "free love" is rooted in early libertarian and feminist ideas. Read more about it here.

Audience members will be invited to ask questions, too. (Start asking your questions on Twitter now using #F4Lchats!)

To tune in, you must register in advance: tinyurl.com/f4l0221

Watch: Libertarians & The Left

Miss our January panel on libertarians and the left? No problem! You can check it out—and hear from Shikha Dalmia, Brianna Coyle, and Carolyn Fiddler—below.:

Be sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel to stay up to date on future panels and videos.

And, as always, you can find us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, & Society6, too.

Meet Addyson Garner

We’re so excited to announce that Addyson Garner is our first Feminists for Liberty Communications Fellow. Addyson will be with us through the spring, helping out with social media, video projects, upcoming panels, and more. Previously, she worked as a legislative correspondent for Libertarian Rep. Justin Amash. You can find her on Twitter @RealPOTUS20

What We’ve Been Reading, Watching, & Listening to Lately

Rachel Ferguson @LibertyEthics

In celebration of Black History Month! My new piece "Frederick Douglass and the Black Christian Experience" for the Online Library of Liberty:

oll.libertyfund.orgReflections on Libraries, Liberty, and Black History (February 2021) | Online Library of Liberty

• Why the ‘Equality Model’ of regulating sex work is dangerous.

• Julie Gunlock and Chelsea Follett talk bad advice given to pregnant women.

• Kat Rosenfield reviews the buzzy new book Fake Accounts by Lauren Oyler.

• “There has been a quiet revolution in access to abortion pills in the United States over the past six months.” Amy Littlefield at Truthout explains.

Institute for Justice @IJ

Amanda Root has created a vibrant garden around her trailer home in #Arizona. But now the city says she can't live in that trailer on her own property. She has nowhere else to go and evicting her could leave her #homeless:

youtu.beZoning Will Make this Elderly Woman HomelessIn the name of “zoning,” the City of Sierra Vista, Arizona, is attempting to kick some residents out of their homes in the middle of a pandemic. Amanda Root ...

• New York has legalized gestational surrogacy.

• Elizabeth Nolan Brown talks to Phoebe Matlz Bovy about the QAnon, rad-fems, massage parlor panic, & the state of sex-trafficking discourse in the U.S.

@WomensTextileHistory @textile_history

. If you are interested in #textiles @vpostrel has written 'The Fabric of Civilization - How Textiles made the World' - a book that will enchant you. #Women have played a leading role in textile creation throughout centuries. @WAI_WomenAid

Virginia Postrel @vpostrel

LIMITED TIME OFFER: 3 copies of The Fabric of Civilization for the price of 2 from Amazon https://t.co/8FpQzTd3bf https://t.co/ILeoxHO8RB

• Gabrielle Moss gets honest about working for a feminism-branded women’s website.

• Kat Murti & Lester Romero discuss the cultural significance of Mad Max: Fury Road.

Libertas Institute @LibertasUtah

Great news! 🎉 SB87 passed out of its House committee 10-5. This would exempt hair shampooing, drying, and styling from licensure. Thanks, @curtbramble and @CandicePierucci! The bill now heads to the House. More info: libertas.org/bill/sb-87-lic… #utpol

libertas.orgSB 87: Licensure Exemption for Blow Dry BarsThis bill creates an exemption from occupational licensure for “blow dry bars” or similar services that only wash, dry, and style hair.

• Elle magazine excerpts a beautiful Lorelei Lee essay from the new book We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival.

• "Atomization and sentimentality exacerbate each other, after all: you break the bridges of connection across society, and then give each island a fairy tale about its uniqueness." (The New Yorker reviews the latest collection of Joan Didion essays.)

• On sex dolls, art, and cancel culture.

Jess Mears @jess4liberty

62% say a third party is needed, up from 57% in September.

news.gallup.comSupport for Third U.S. Political Party at High PointSixty-two percent of U.S. adults believe a third political party is needed, the highest in Gallup’s trend by one percentage point.

• Stephanie Slade explores whether there's a future for fusionism.

• On the ridiculousness of U.S. birth control regulations.

Ellysse Dick @Ellysse_D

What exactly is #Section230? Why do so many people suddenly care about it? And who are Ellysse and Ashley? Get the answers to these questions and more as @ashleyjnsn and I explore the ins and outs of this debate on @ITIFdc's new limited series podcast:

itif.orgEllysse and Ashley Break the Internet: The Ins and Outs of the Section 230 DebateThis 12-episode series asks what will happen if policymakers keep or repeal the law credited with creating the Internet and explores the opportunities for Congress to make the law even better.

• A New York Times story about Pornhub "has harmed legal porn stars and done little to nothing to stop sex trafficking," writes Cheri DeVille.

• Texas prisoners are suing over inhumane conditions. "We’re in a cinder block building with no insulation,” Faith Blake told the Star-Telegram. “We have to go outside to get our meals, and it’s snow and icy everywhere and we’re freezing.”

The Justice Gap @JusticeGap

'Modern slavery isn't what you think it is': @emilykenway in latest @JusticeGap podcast. ‘If we want to end it, we need to strike at reasons why people are being exploited. It’s political choices, not individual criminals, that create modern slavery.' thejusticegap.com/episode-7-trut…

• Would Americans have more babies if the government paid them? "Research from around the world suggests that, like other fertility policies, payments to parents do slightly increase the number of babies people have in the near term. But no move has made a major long-term difference, and payments are not as effective as other policies, particularly subsidized child care."

Kaytlin Bailey @KaytlinBailey

The Enduring Myth of Super Bowl Weekend Sex Trafficking | Cato Institute

cato.orgThe Enduring Myth of Super Bowl Weekend Sex TraffickingFeaturing

• Gallup looks at the gender breakdown in household chores.

• Rose Wilder Lane’s journey from communism to individualism.

ProfEmilyOster @ProfEmilyOster

Breaking down some numbers on post-vaccine risks of transmission, seeing family. And a meditation on how we think about risk.

emilyoster.substack.comVaccines & Transmission Redux ReduxSorry, have I written this before? There’s some new data though.

• On free speech, mental health, and racism: a conversation between Ken "Popehat" White and Mirriam Seddiq.

• Milwaukee police officers left a 4-year-old girl in an impounded car overnight after arresting the girl's mother on suspicion of drunk driving. They're still on the job.