Unwrapping the Beef: A Very Brief History of Marianne Williamson Fighting With Erica Jong
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Marianne Williamson is a presidential candidate who believes in the power of prayer, meditation, visualization, and…. tattling to your mother if you write something mean about her. According to writer Molly Jong-Fast, Williamson sent Twitter direct messages to Jong-Fast’s mother, feminist author Erica Jong, to complain about her after she published an article in which she referred to Williamson (and Tulsi Gabbard) as “extreme, low-polling voices” in the Democratic primary.
While some media outlets are reporting that Williamson’s DMs are the result of Jong-Fast criticizing her for encouraging “visualization” to turn away Hurricane Dorian, it seems as if the catalyst was somehow even pettier: After Jong-Fast promoted her article on Twitter, her mother replied and called Williamson (and Tulsi Gabbard) “weird.”