Feminism Against Progress

A few months ago, I got in to a debate with a woman about whether men and women were any different. Whether masculinity and femininity were things that existed. She said, and I quote, "I'm a professor, I need my students to see me as a person, not a woman," implying women aren't people. In order to......more

Oh thrilling! I find Mary's analysis of feminism convincing; she recognises it not as the march of moral progress as it is often framed, but more as the varied responses to massive technological and economic changes (the Industrial Revolution and the widespread use of the pill being most significant......more

Superbly refreshing. Harrington's brilliance lies in her precision, matter of fact-ness, and ability to concisely identify the unwieldy, disembodied angles of modernity. Female embodiment and the world are more intertwined than we often realize (or care to be intellectually honest about). She brings......more

When one surveys the landscape of contemporary gender discourse, the most striking feature is the near-universal absence of any spirit of solidarity between the sexes. While the prevailing liberal feminism seeks to maximize women’s autonomy by eliminating the social, cultural, and, increasingly, cor......more

I am a lifelong feminist, though I wouldn't say that I ever subscribed to any particular flavor of feminism. Like a lot of feminists who have children, Mary Harrington among them, the process of bearing and raising kids has caused me to rethink some things, but I must say I have come to some differe......more