Harriet Brown
@harrietbrown.bsky.social
Professor @Newhouse. Author of Brave Girl Eating, Shadow Daughter, & other books. Mother/mother-in-law. Human.
Please give this a read--it would mean a lot to me. And let me know what you think. hnbrown.substack.com/p/what-ive-l...
What I've learned so far from writing this Substack
It's not what I expected. But then nothing ever is.
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August 22, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Please give this a read--it would mean a lot to me. And let me know what you think. hnbrown.substack.com/p/what-ive-l...
For a story I'm working on, I'd love to know what you're doing to get through these times. Have you started a new routine or practice that's helping you? Are you volunteering, ramping up your activism, taking up a new hobby? How are you lighting a path through the awful right now?
Pix ©Jamie Young
Pix ©Jamie Young
July 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
For a story I'm working on, I'd love to know what you're doing to get through these times. Have you started a new routine or practice that's helping you? Are you volunteering, ramping up your activism, taking up a new hobby? How are you lighting a path through the awful right now?
Pix ©Jamie Young
Pix ©Jamie Young
Democracy has literally failed us. The fact that our elected representatives can cravenly vote for legislation that hurts so many people so badly, and benefits a privileged few--that right there is no longer democracy. Shame on all of you who voted for this bill. Special shame on Donald Trump.
July 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Democracy has literally failed us. The fact that our elected representatives can cravenly vote for legislation that hurts so many people so badly, and benefits a privileged few--that right there is no longer democracy. Shame on all of you who voted for this bill. Special shame on Donald Trump.
What's a liberal American Jew to do? open.substack.com/pub/hnbrown/...
Campus Culture Wars, Redux
What's a liberal American Jew supposed to do in moments like this?
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April 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
What's a liberal American Jew to do? open.substack.com/pub/hnbrown/...
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
Reposted by Harriet Brown
One of the most disturbing stories I've read recently. And that's saying something. www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and t...
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April 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
One of the most disturbing stories I've read recently. And that's saying something. www.propublica.org/article/insi...
Wow. This is maybe not surprising news but it is horribly disheartening. Columbia University, like white-shoe law firms, caves to the Trump administration's obscene demands., including making it illegal to wear a mask on the Columbia campus. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Columbia Makes Concessions to Trump Amid Bid to Reclaim Federal Funds
The administration has moved to cut $400 million in federal funding to the university without changes to its policies and rules.
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March 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Wow. This is maybe not surprising news but it is horribly disheartening. Columbia University, like white-shoe law firms, caves to the Trump administration's obscene demands., including making it illegal to wear a mask on the Columbia campus. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/n...
Seems like a good time to resurface this story from 2018. www.vice.com/en/article/i...
I Tried to Get Off Ativan
And learned some dark things in the process.
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March 18, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Seems like a good time to resurface this story from 2018. www.vice.com/en/article/i...
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No one ever said they were creative.
March 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
No one ever said they were creative.
Good grief. We shouldn't even have to say this. So much for Republicans being defenders of tradition--more like smashers, especially when it comes to the Fourth Estate. I will never trust a Republican again.
From Opinion
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
“Politicians are allowed to criticize the press,” writes the editorial board. “But there is a difference between using language and using muscle.” The Trump administration “is mustering the arms of government to suppress speech it doesn’t like and compel words and ideas it prefers.”
Opinion | The MAGA War on Speech
If only the powerful are free to speak their minds, it’s not free speech.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Good grief. We shouldn't even have to say this. So much for Republicans being defenders of tradition--more like smashers, especially when it comes to the Fourth Estate. I will never trust a Republican again.
Thank you @carriecoon.bsky.social for discussing and reading my Modern Love essay with such deep and authentic compassion. I am honored. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/p...
‘Modern Love’ Podcast: Carrie Coon on What Being Worthy of Love Really Means
An actor discusses how family roles can limit our ability to love fully.
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February 26, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Thank you @carriecoon.bsky.social for discussing and reading my Modern Love essay with such deep and authentic compassion. I am honored. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/p...
RIP the great Roberta Flack. Genius. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...
Roberta Flack, Virtuoso Singer-Pianist Behind ‘Killing Me Softly,’ Dies at 88
With majestic anthems like “Killing Me Softly” and “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” Ms. Flack, a former schoolteacher, became one of the most widely heard artists of the 1970s.
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February 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
RIP the great Roberta Flack. Genius. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/24/a...
A new meta analysis again shows fitness beats fatness in influencing mortality and heart disease. In 20 studies, people who were fat + fit had the same levels of mortality + heart disease as people who were thin + fit. Lack of fitness at any BMI raises those levels. So tired of this debate.
December 11, 2024 at 3:14 PM
A new meta analysis again shows fitness beats fatness in influencing mortality and heart disease. In 20 studies, people who were fat + fit had the same levels of mortality + heart disease as people who were thin + fit. Lack of fitness at any BMI raises those levels. So tired of this debate.
Thank you @roxanegay.bsky.social for this much-needed reminder that what's happening now is not normal and we should refuse to normalize it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
Opinion | Enough
To suggest we should yield even a little to Trump’s odious politics is unacceptable. Even if we did, it would never be enough.
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November 18, 2024 at 1:36 AM
Thank you @roxanegay.bsky.social for this much-needed reminder that what's happening now is not normal and we should refuse to normalize it. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...