Mary Harrington: Feminism Against Progress In conversation with Rod Dreher

Mary Harrington's recent book Feminism Against Progress argues that feminism ended in the 1960s. Since then, it has been replaced by a movement that calls itself "feminism" but is, in truth, a kind of bio-libertarianism that claims to offer "progress" but is propelling us toward a profoundly post-human dystopia.
Harrington will join bestselling author Rod Dreher to explore the roots of feminism in the Industrial Revolution, the link between abortion and transhumanism, the progressive assault on relationships, the digital sex wars, and who is really institutionalizing gender ideology.
Participants:
-Mary Harrington - writer, editor at UnHerd
-Rod Dreher - Visiting Fellow, Director of Network Project, Danube Institute
Mary Harrington is a writer and self-styled "reactionary feminist". Her work has been published in First Things, American Affairs, the Wall Street Journal, the New York Post, The Spectator, the New Statesman, the London Times, and the Mail on Sunday, among many others. She is a contributing editor at UnHerd, where she writes a weekly column. Her book Feminism Against Progress was published in 2023 with Forum Press. She tweets as @moveincircles.”

[@allisonleighandrews8495]

Can not get enough of Mary’s content as well as Louise Perry’s work. At 36 I am only now, painfully realizing what has happened to me and everyone in my generation and after. I had my first boyfriend the same year that instant messaging came online. I want to be married with children, and the women doing this work are illuminating why it is it’s been difficult to attain. There is so much de-programming to be done. I’m specifically fond of the “Rewilding” approach. Separating reproduction and sex, sex and love… all seems to have net negative utility almost ubiquitously. I grew up in the RC church yet a very liberal secular upper middle class society where people seemed to give the appearance that they were being conscientious about sexual activity, but everyone was on the pill. So many lies were fed to me within and without our religious and other societal institutions. Pulling them all apart now and examining it feels like a worthy yet large endeavor. We owe it to ourselves, our parents and ancestors and descendants, to fix this mess that we find ourselves in. Thank you so much.

[@jeffreychongsathien]

"Rewilding"

[@allisonleighandrews8495]

@@jeffreychongsathien thanks !😊

[@ianmiles2505]

The movement you belonged to tore society apart.

[@louiseparker1915]

I'm a new fan of Mary Harrington. Brilliant woman.

[@harrietcanwell2058]

Agree - she’s phenomenal isn’t she!

[@julianchase95]

Love love love what Mary says about letting men be men. It’s absolutely true. That includes laying off the endless shaming messages about men and maleness which have blighted society over the past 25 years. Women seriously undermine their cause by looking to interfere with or shame men for who they are. This should be blindingly obvious - and used to be to older generations of wiser women.

[@Islas_Canarias]

I'm 53 and never bought into feminism. All you have to do is ignore it and have a mind of your own. I was so fortunate to have a mother and father who never divorced and a mother who stayed home AND worked from home (this was the 70's & 80's). My parents raised us without any kind of ideologies in the home. No political, no religion , no feminism...nothing. my mother was ahead of her time as she was terrified p3d0philes would get access to her children so she kept us sheltered at home until we were 18. We weren't allowed to visit friend's houses, go to the mall etc without our parents. Today, at 53, I treasure my upbringing and know its true value. I am a stay at home mother, as is my sister and my brother's wife. We are all Gen X-ers. I think that the breakup of the family home by feminists has directly contributed to the problems women face today. Women have been brainwashed into believing the lie that men and women are the same, that the default in society is the male model and thst the patriarchy must be smashed, the family taken down, motherhood and children themselves demonised and men emasculated to the point that they want to become women themselves (transgenderism). If you ever went to a public school and/or set foot on a university campus, you have been indoctrinated into the state's religion, called Wokeism. You have had a mind virus inserted into your brain, a parasitic virus, that is noe controlling both your thoughts and actions. Be smart. Don't be a crowd follower. Be yourself, because everyone else is already taken. Ignore feminism. Stay a virgin. Find a husband. Have children. Stay home to raise them. Choose peace over war.

[@kbeetles]

Sanity's wise and delightful voice..... at long, long last! Can I have hope for my little granddaughter?

[@janecooper99]

so good; characteristic of mary!

[@harrietcanwell2058]

Mary certainly packs it in - so much food for thought! I do hope her ideas are capturing a young audience of women as well as the older Terfs such as myself.

[@jonbutton3259]

The sexual Revolution produced an awful period of time where a generation or two of people now have as their sense of normal, a one-parent household and warped thinking about how relationships actually work.

[@AndyJarman]

Towards the end the comments about social regulation (aunties) reminded me of a lot of Camille Paglia's comments when referring to her billage life in Italy. I know a lot of women who fled rural Australia to get away from the survelance state of family friends and relatives.

[@AndyJarman]

My local "mens" shed (Australia) is not a Mens Shed at all, its a Women's shed where men can use the tools during certain hours. The local government is super Woke, I'm surprised they don't have trans and Aboriginal evenings yet.

[@alexyaffe4074]

Reactionary genius obliterates the biolibertarian transhuman postmodernists.

[@manaloola2018]

lol! Love it

[@adrianstumpp5883]

My favorite Mary Harrington quote: the internet has cucked us all.

[@ianmiles2505]

Note to the announcer. Leave Men out of this, Men never dtuffed society up.

[@gin1740]

'duffed up means to injure someone' ...and you think men have not done this? what world are you living in ?

[@steveb9713]

She praises modern dentistry but I guess she hasn’t heard of mewing. Sure dental surgery is amazing but most people don’t require braces, we needed unprocessed foods and breast feeding

[@joanr3189]

Mary Harrington is a voice of reason, of common sense. Sounds like a small,audience and the host needs to learn how to speak in public.

[@lanajohnson8424]

I can honestly say I didn't lose my sex drive on the pill and I find sex much more fun knowing I cannot get pregnant. So much less anxiety. Have kids young then get sterilized and enjoy life.

[@AndyJarman]

Ah, yes the laptop classes with well paid men supporting them. You used to be quite common, sadly 80-90% of people have to contend with dysfunction, lack of choice and violence from their sexual liaisons.