BOOKS
The Cult of the Constitution: Our Deadly Devotion to Guns and Free Speech (2019).
LAW REVIEW ARTICLES & CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
How Stalking Became Free Speech: Counterman v. Colorado and the Supreme Court’s Continuing War on Women, Geo. Wash. L. Rev. on the Docket (Oct. Term 2022) (July 28, 2023), https://www.gwlr.org/how-stalking-became-free-speech-counterman-v-colorado-and-the-supreme-courts-continuing-war-on-women/.
How Law Schools Can Fight for Fearless Speech, 51 Hofstra L. Rev. 613 (2023).
Speaking of Women: Feminism and Free Speech, Signs: J. Women Culture & Soc’y (2022), https://signsjournal.org/franks/.
The Lost Cause of Free Speech, 2 J. Free Speech L. 337 (2022).
Freedom From Speech, 20 Geo. J. L. & Pub. Pol’y 865 (2022).
The Free Speech Industry, in Social Media, Freedom of Speech, and the Future of Our Democracy (Lee Bollinger & Geoffrey Stone eds., Oxford Univ. Press, 2022).
Beyond the Public Square: Imagining Internet Democracy, 131 Yale L. J. F. 427 (2021) (in collaboration with the Yale Information Society Project and the Knight Foundation).
Book Talk: The Cult of the Constitution, 13 ConLawNOW 33 (2021).
With Danielle Keats Citron.) The Internet as a Speech Machine and Other Myths Confounding Section 230 Reform, 2020 U. Chi. Legal F. 45 (2020).
The Second Amendment’s Safe Space, or The Constitutionalization of Fragility, 83 Law & Contemp. Probs. 137 (2020).
How the Internet Unmakes the Law, 16 Ohio St. Tech. L. J. 10 (2020).
The Miseducation of Free Speech, 105 Va. L. Rev. Online 218 (2019).
Witch Hunts: Free Speech, #MeToo, and the Fear of Women’s Words, 2019 U. Chi. Legal F. 123 (2019).
(With Ari Ezra Waldman.) Sex, Lies, and Videotape: Deep Fakes and Free Speech Delusions, 78 Md. L. Rev. 892 (2019).
Fearless Speech, 17 First Amend. L. Rev. 294 (2019).
The Crime of “Revenge Porn”, in Applied Ethics in Criminal Law (Lawrence Alexander & Kimberly Ferzan eds., 2019).
A Thousand and One Stories: Mythology and the #MeToo Movement, in #MeToo and the Politics of Social Change (Bianca Fileborn & Rachel Loney-Howes eds., 2019).
Beyond ‘Free Speech for the White Man’: Feminism and the First Amendment, in Research Handbook on Feminist Jurisprudence (Cynthia Bowman & Robin West eds., 2019).
Not Where Bodies Live: The Abstraction of Internet Expression, in Free Speech in the Digital Age (Susan Brison & Katharine Gelber eds., 2019).
Injury Inequality, in Injury and Injustice: The Cultural Politics of Harm and Redress (Anne Bloom et al. eds., 2018).
How to Stop Online Harassment, in Mediating Misogyny: Gender, Technology, and Harassment (Jacqueline Ryan Vickery & Tracy Everbach eds., 2018).
“Revenge Porn” Reform: A View from the Front Lines, 69 Fla. L. Rev. 1251 (2017).
The Desert of the Unreal: Inequality in Virtual and Augmented Reality, 51 U. C. Davis L. Rev. 499 (2017).
Democratic Surveillance, 30 Harv. J. L. & Tech. 425 (2017).
Men, Women, and Optimal Violence, 2016 U. Ill. L. Rev. 929.
How Stand Your Ground Laws Hijacked Self-Defense, in 3 Guns and Contemporary Society: The Past, Present, and Future of Firearms and Firearm Policy (Glenn H. Utter ed., 2015).
Where the Law Lies: The Costs of Constitutional Fictions, in Law and Lies: Deception and Truth-Telling in the American Legal System (Austin Sarat, ed., 2015).
Real Men Advance, Real Women Retreat: Stand Your Ground, Battered Women’s Syndrome, and Violence as Male Privilege, in Women and the Law (Tracy A. Thomas, ed., 2015).
Real Men Advance, Real Women Retreat: Stand Your Ground, Battered Women’s Syndrome, and Violence as Male Privilege, 68 Miami L. Rev. 1099 (2014).
I Am/I Am Not: On Angela Harris’s Race and Essentialism in Feminist Legal Theory, 102 Calif. L. Rev. 1053 (2014).
(With Danielle Keats Citron) Criminalizing Revenge Porn, 49 Wake Forest L. Rev. 345 (2014).
How to Feel Like a Woman, or, Why Punishment is a Drag, 61 UCLA L. Rev. 566 (2014).
Sexual Harassment 2.0, 71 Md. L. Rev. 655 (2012).
When Bad Speech Does Good, 43 Loy. U. Chi. L.J. 395 (2012).
Lies, Damned Lies, and Judicial Empathy, 51 Washburn L. J. 61 (2011).
Unwilling Avatars: Idealism and Discrimination in Cyberspace, 20 Colum. J. Gender & L. 224 (2011).
The Banality of Cyber Discrimination, or, The Eternal Recurrence of September, 87 DU Process 5 (2010).
An-aesthetic Theory: Adorno, Sexuality, and Memory, in Feminist Interpretations of Adorno (Renée J. Heberle ed., 2006).
(Porno)Graphic Depictions: Manufacturing an Erotics of Identity, in Image Into Identity (Michael Wintle ed., 2006).
Von Sex und Andere Akte (Of Sex and Other Acts), in Über Zizek: Perspektiven und Kritiken (Erik M. Vogt et al. eds., 2004).
Controlled Exposure: Gustave Courbet’s ‘L’origine du monde’ and the Woman-Thing, in Exposure: Revealing Bodies, Unveiling Representations (Joseph Harris & Kathryn Banks eds., 2004).
Obscene Undersides: Women and Evil between the Taliban and the US, in Feminist Philosophy and the Problem of Evil (Robin May Schott ed., 2007) (originally published at 18 Hypatia: J. Feminist Phil., no. 1, 2003, at 135).
Obscene Supplements, or, What We Talk About When We Talk About Death, in Postmodern Productions (Martin Nonhoff et al. eds., 2001).
Remote Locutions: Mediation, Alienation, and Superfluity in Cyberspace Ideology, 1 Janus Head 237 (1999).
BOOK REVIEWS
For the NRA’s Leaders, Lives of Privilege and Private Security, Wash. Post, Dec. 23, 2021 (reviewing Tim Mak, Misfire: Inside the Downfall of the NRA (2021)), https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/for-the-nras-leaders-lives-of-privilege-and-private-security/2021/12/22/1f7b4b22-496b-11ec-b8d9-232f4afe4d9b_story.html.
Unpoliced, 53 New Eng. L. Rev. 217 (2019) (reviewing Barry Friedman, Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission (2017)), https://www.newenglrev.com/volume-53-2/unpoliced.
Justice Beyond Dispute, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 1374 (2018) (reviewing Ethan Katsh & Orna Rabinovich-Einy, Digital Justice: Technology and the Internet of Disputes (2017)), https://harvardlawreview.org/print/vol-131/justice-beyond-dispute/.
What’s Left of Pleasure?, 30 Harv. J. L. & Gender 257 (2007) (reviewing Janet Halley, Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism (2006)).
Guantánamo Forever: U.S. Sovereignty and the Unending State of Exception, 1 Harv. L. & Pol’y Rev. 259 (2007) (reviewing Brandt Goldstein, Storming the Court: How a Band of Yale Law Students Sued the President - And Won (2005)), https://harvardlpr.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2013/05/1.1_11_Franks.pdf.
OTHER
Chief Justice John Roberts’ Mockery of Stalking Victims Points to a Deeper Problem, Slate (Apr. 21, 2023, 12:16 PM), https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/04/counterman-colorado-supreme-court-threats-stalking.html.
Who Pays for Cheap Speech?, Balkinization (Apr. 10, 2022), https://balkin.blogspot.com/2022/04/who-pays-for-cheap-speech.html.
Speaking of Women: Feminism and Free Speech, Signs: Feminist Frictions (2022), http://signsjournal.org/franks/.
Redo the First Two Amendments, Bos. Globe: Ideas (Dec. 2021), https://apps.bostonglobe.com/ideas/graphics/2021/12/editing-the-constitution/redo-the-first-two-amendments.
Section 230 and the Anti-Social Contract, Lawfare (Feb. 22, 2021, 10:36 AM), https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/section-230-and-anti-social-contract.
Reforming Section 230 and Platform Liability, in Stanford Cyber Pol’y Ctr., Cyber Pol’y Recommendations for the New Admin. (2021), https://fsi-live.s3.us-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/cpc-reforming_230_mf_v2.pdf.
The End of Philanthropy, Knight Found.: Democracy and Civic Life: What is the Long Game for Philanthropy? (Nov. 9, 2020), https://knightfoundation.org/the-end-of-philanthropy/.
A Dangerous Form of Unanswerable Speech, Bos. Globe (Oct. 12, 2020, 5:00 AM), https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/10/12/opinion/dangerous-form-unanswerable-speech/.
The Utter Incoherence of Trump’s Battle with Twitter, Atlantic (May 30, 2020), https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/the-utter-incoherence-of-trumps-battle-with-twitter/612367/.
(With Danielle Keats Citron.) Cyber Civil Rights in the Time of Covid-19, Harv. L. Rev. Blog (May 14, 2020), https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2020/05/cyber-civil-rights-in-the-time-of-covid-19/.
Constitutional Reckoning, Balkinization (Dec. 10, 2019), https://balkin.blogspot.com/2019/12/constitutional-reckoning.html.
Congress Failed Katie Hill, Newsweek (Nov. 4, 2019, 10:49 AM), https://www.newsweek.com/congress-failed-katie-hill-opinion-1469623.
Katie Hill’s Staffer Deserves Better Than This, Slate (Oct. 31, 2019, 12:55 PM), https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/10/katie-hill-controversy-staffer-metoo.html.
The Photos of Katie Hill Had Nothing to Do with Her Conduct, Wash. Post: Posteverything (Oct. 30, 2019, 6:00 AM), https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/10/30/photos-katie-hill-had-nothing-do-with-her-conduct/.
Our Collective Responsibility for Mass Shootings, N.Y. Times (Oct. 9, 2019), https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/opinion/mass-shooting-responsibility.html.
The Free Speech Black Hole: Can the Internet Escape the Gravitational Pull of the First Amendment?, Knight First Amend. Inst. (Aug. 21, 2019), https://knightcolumbia.org/content/the-free-speech-black-hole-can-the-internet-escape-the-gravitational-pull-of-the-first-amendment.
Feelings, Facts, and Firearms: Teaching the Second Amendment, Duke Ctr. for Firearms L.: Second Thoughts Blog (July 9, 2019), https://firearmslaw.duke.edu/2019/07/feelings-facts-and-firearms-teaching-the-second-amendment/.
(With Danielle Keats Citron.) Evaluating New York’s ‘Revenge Porn’ Law: A Missed Opportunity to Protect Sexual Privacy, Harv. L. Rev. Blog (Mar. 19, 2019), https://harvardlawreview.org/blog/2019/03/evaluating-new-yorks-revenge-porn-law-a-missed-opportunity-to-protect-sexual-privacy/.
The Free Speech Fraternity, First Amend. Network, Concurring Ops. (Sept. 2018).
Moral Hazard on Stilts: 'Zeran’s’ Legacy, Law.com: The Recorder (Nov. 10, 2017, 3:30 AM), https://www.law.com/therecorder/2017/11/10/moral-hazard-on-stilts-zerans-legacy/.
The Conversation We Need to Have About “Revenge Porn”, Refinery29 (March 30, 2017, 4:15 PM), https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2017/03/147465/revenge-porn-legality-controversy.
Whose Civil Liberties? Legislative Responses to Technology-Facilitated Violence Against Women, Ortner Ctr. on Fam. Violence (Feb. 11, 2017).
Stand Your Ground Laws Jeopardize Public Safety in the Name of Public Safety, Issues: Understanding Controversy & Soc’y (2017).
Revenge Porn is not free speech, Providence J.: Letters (Dec. 21, 2016, 5:15 PM), https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/letters/2016/12/21/mary-anne-franks-revenge-porn-is-not-free-speech/23327695007/
It’s Time for Congress to Protect Intimate Privacy, Huff. Post: The Blog (July 18, 2016, 1:32 PM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/revenge-porn-intimate-privacy-protection-act_b_11034998.
Fears of Attack on Free Speech are Groundless, Providence J.: Letters (June 10, 2016, 3:23 PM), https://www.providencejournal.com/story/opinion/letters/2016/06/10/mary-anne-franks-fears-of-attack-on-free-speech-are-groundless/27957921007/.
Why Hulk vs. Gawker is not About Privacy vs. Free Speech, Huff. Post: The Blog (March 23, 2016, 12:17 PM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/why-hulk-versus-gawk-is-n_b_9527786.
Unequal Exposure, Concurring Ops. (March 18, 2016).
The Fight Against Digital Abuse: The View from the US, Women’s Aid Int’l: 16 Days Blog (Dec. 15, 2015, 12:25 PM).
Censoring Women, 95 B.U. L. Rev. Annex 61 (2015), https://www.bu.edu/bulawreview/bulronline/franks-censoring-women/.
Who’s Afraid of “Hot Girls”?, Huff. Post: The Blog (June 26, 2015, 8:46 AM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/whos-afraid-of-hot-girls_b_7670514.
How to Defeat Revenge Porn: First, Recognize It’s About Privacy, Not Revenge, Huff. Post: The Blog (June 22, 2015, 8:22 AM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/how-to-defeat-revenge-porn_b_7624900?utm_hp_ref=tw.
(With Soraya Chemaly.) Supreme Court May Have Made Online Abuse Easier, TIME: Ideas (June 3, 2015, 4:02 PM), https://time.com/3903908/supreme-court-elonis-free-speech/.
The ACLU’s Frat House Take on “Revenge Porn, Huff. Post: the Blog (Apr. 1, 2015, 1:23 PM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/the-aclus-frat-house-take_b_6980146.
Protecting Sexual Privacy: New York Needs a ‘Revenge Porn’ Law, Atticus, Winter 2015 at 15.
'Revenge Porn' Law is Flawed, But Suit Goes Too Far, L.A. Daily J. (Oct. 23, 2014).
Jennifer Lawrence is Right: Nonconsensual Porn Should be a Sex Crime, Daily Dot (Oct. 9, 2014), https://www.dailydot.com/debug/jennifer-lawrence-nude-photos-sex-crime/.
The Need for Sexual Privacy Laws, Brookings Inst. (Sept. 8, 2014), https://www.brookings.edu/articles/the-need-for-sexual-privacy-laws/.
Precautions and Privacy, N.Y. Daily News (Sept. 3, 2014, 3:44 AM), https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/precautions-privacy-article-1.1925809.
The Internet's Privacy Hypocrisy, Daily Dot (Sept. 3, 2014), https://www.dailydot.com/unclick/celebgate-privacy-hypocrisy-nude-photos-nsa-edward-snowden/.
The Many Ways Twitter is Bad at Responding to Abuse, Atlantic (Aug. 14, 2014), https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/08/the-many-ways-twitter-is-bad-at-responding-to-abuse/376100/.
Presumed Unworthy, Huff. Post: The Blog (Aug. 13, 2014, 6:22 PM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/presumed-unworthy_b_5673321.
Does California’s “Revenge Porn” Law Pass Muster?, Daily J. (May 6, 2014).
(With Danielle Citron.) It’s Simple: Criminalize Revenge Porn, Or Let Men Punish Women They Don’t Like, The Guardian, (Apr. 17, 2014, 11:40 AM), https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/17/revenge-porn-must-be-criminalized-laws.
Stand Your Ground’s Woman Problem: Laws Expanding Self-Defense Raise Questions about Gender as Well as Race, Huff. Post: The Blog (Mar. 3, 2014, 7:02 PM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/stand-your-grounds-woman_b_4886650.
Why Revenge Porn Must be a Crime, N.Y. Daily News (Feb. 26, 2014, 3:03 PM), https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/revenge-porn-crime-article-1.1702725.
We Need New Laws to Put a Stop to Revenge Porn, Independent (Feb. 23, 2014, 4:09 PM), https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/we-need-new-laws-to-put-a-stop-to-revenge-porn-9147620.html.
Free Speech Elitism: Harassment is Not the Price ‘We’ Pay for Free Speech, Huff. Post: The Blog (Jan. 23, 2014, 11:06 AM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/harassment-free-speech-women_b_4640459.
The Lawless Internet? Myths and Misconceptions about CDA Section 230, Huff. Post: The Blog (Dec. 18, 2013, 5:35 PM), https://www.huffpost.com/entry/section-230-the-lawless-internet_b_4455090.
More Thoughts on the Dangerous Fragility of Men, Concurring Ops. (Mar. 4, 2013).
The Dangerous Fragility of Men, Concurring Ops. (Feb. 28, 2013).
Why We Need a Federal Criminal Law Response to Revenge Porn, Concurring Ops. (Feb. 15, 2013).
Why You Can’t Punch a Boxer in the Face When He Asks You for Directions: Consent, Context, and Humanity, Concurring Ops. (Feb. 9, 2013).
Adventures in Victim Blaming: Revenge Porn Edition, Concurring Ops. (Feb. 1, 2013).
The Normative Jurisprudence of Creepshots, Concurring Ops. (Oct. 22, 2012).
The Sext Wars: Consent, Secrecy, and Privacy, Concurring Ops. (Mar. 31, 2011).
For the Love of Hate: Why We Have Little to Fear From the Westboro Baptist Church, Concurring Ops. (March 8, 2011).
That Obscure Object of Concern: Selective Feminism and the Rise of Anti-Sharia Laws, Concurring Ops. (Feb. 16, 2011).
There are No Children in Afghanistan, Concurring Ops. (Feb. 4, 2011).
A Philosopher and a Psychoanalysis Walk into a Classroom, Redux, Prawfsblawg, (Jan. 31, 2011, 10:41 AM), https://prawfsblawg.blogs.com/prawfsblawg/2011/01/the-thoughtful-comments-left-in-response-to-my-last-post-has-prompted-me-to-reflect-more-on-the-question-of-controversial-sen.html.