This weekend, Saturday Night Live cast member Cecily Strong played a character called Goober the Clown who had an abortion when she was 23 and now talks to people about how normal abortion is in between clown jokes.
Every single one of us should be asking how on earth we, as a culture, have arrived at such a moment.
Here’s my answer.
*Mentioned in the episode:*
– Faithfully Different launch team details and application link:
https://natashacrain.com/join-the-book-launch-team-for-faithfully-different/
– Form to redeem offer for the pre-order bonus of a FREE audiobook for Faithfully Different: https://natashacrain.com/faithfully-different/
– Blog post on which this episode is based:
https://natashacrain.com/how-culture-got-to-the-point-where-saturday-night-live-is-promoting-abortion-in-a-clown-outfit/
– Saturday Night Live skit video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exSZQICbSb8
– Carl Trueman’s book, *The Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self: Cultural Amnesia, Expressive Individualism, and the Road to Sexual Revolution*:
https://www.amazon.com/Rise-Triumph-Modern-Self-Individualism/dp/1433556332