I looked for online pieces by her and found this from 7 mos. ago

We’re heading into dark times. This is how to be your own light in the Age of Trump

and this for young hipster girls reading Marie-Claire from two days ago

What the Trump Campaign's Potential Collusion with Russia Really *Means*—and Why It's So Scary

From those two, so not rigorous judgment, seems to me:

1) she really gets flyover country and how to talk to them

2) she's very left

This is the #1 takeaway for me, from the first piece, my underlining:

I am writing this not for those who oppose him, but for those who support him, because Trump and his backers are going to hurt you too.

I live in Missouri, now a bright red state, alongside you. I have faced the same economic misery as you, struggling to stay afloat since the recession, which never ended though many falsely claimed it did. I have the same anxiety over crime and racial tension and corrupt leadership as you. I am an independent, not a Democrat or a Republican, because I am as disappointed in political parties as you.

Part of the reason I set off on my rant on the other thread is there. I think a lot of members on this site are blinded by their love of politics and get involved in loyalty to party and want to improve it that I think is: going nowhere fast, get head out of sandbox, see the purple possibilities everywhere. You are so involved in party politics that you just don't see big picture about how tired most of the populace is of those parties. That's why I sometimes query "who's we?" when one of you writes "we should do this" or "we should do that".  More and more, there is no we, there are just independents. And then there are issues that a majority agrees upon. You who are partisans, who are constantly thinking about this Manichean world of GOP vs. DNC, must continue that old food fight and must continue making messages to fight the other side, are just not seeing it. You should be paying just as much attention to splits in the GOP as to splits in the Dem party. Not always presuming the GOP is talking with one voice, making it into a monolith. The new winning party is going to take from both parties as they are now, if there's anything I believe strongly, it's that.

The other day, I mentioned NYC having non-Democratic mayors for 16 years as a canary in a coal mine. More and more, I think it was.