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On her show, Brown often talks about balancing her career as a political commentator with parenting her young daughter. Her reflections on Ballerini raise a question\u2014who, exactly, are the \u201chorrifying\u201d feminist voices telling women that they shouldn\u2019t have children? The assumption only makes sense under a conservative framework that, as Guardian<\/em> columnist Moira Donegan<\/strong> recently explained, uses \u201cfeminism\u201d not as a term to describe \u201ca set of political commitments or ideals,\u201d but as a synonym for \u201cwomen.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n In discussing the Economist<\/em> article, Brown also read a line from the story that mentioned JD Vance<\/strong>\u2019s 2021 comment criticizing Democrats for being \u201cchildless cat ladies.\u201d After quoting the sentence, Brown said, \u201cI don\u2019t know that that has as much to do with politics so much as it has to do with miserable, angry millennial feminists trying to drag us all down into the pit of their despair.\u201d<\/p>\n To Brown, the message of Ballerini\u2019s song is clear: \u201cIt starts with personal responsibility, 100%, and realizing that you don\u2019t have the luxury of just being loose and wild and crazy and free throughout your 20s,\u201d the YouTuber said. \u201cYour 20s are not meant to be wasted; your 20s are meant to be lived. But it starts, first and foremost, through that personal responsibility, with choosing the right person to spend your life with.\u201d She added that many Gen Z men have said that getting married and having children is their number one priority.<\/p>\n For Ballerini, things are a little hazier. Earlier this week, she shared a TikTok video<\/a> to thank her fans for supporting the song, explaining in more detail her thoughts about pursuing her career. \u201cHow lucky am I that this is my life and that this is a dream that I\u2019ve chosen and that I\u2019ve pursued and, like, put my whole life into?\u201d she said. \u201cOne thing I really have never written about is jealousy and, like, longing. And I think that was the first time that I was like, Oh wow. I am having a moment of being so grateful and so damn jealous. Just\u2026asking my question, like, can I have it all? I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n