Episode · Modern Wisdom · 2026-04-27
Chris Williamson & Freya India: books mentioned on Modern Wisdom #1090
The Extreme Crisis of Young Women - Freya India - #1090
Freya India is a writer and journalist focused on female mental health and modern culture. What’s happening with modern women?
Chris Williamson discussed The Game by Neil Strauss, and criticized The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Game
The Game by Neil Strauss is a non-fiction book that investigates the secretive subculture of pickup artists and dating strategy.
Discussed“So what guys that did it learned was just how much they had to contort themselves in order to get laid with a woman. And even if it was effective, what they felt was the delta between who they were normally and who they were when they deployed the game by Neil Strauss.”
Where to get it
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The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale is Margaret Atwood's dystopian novel about a totalitarian society where women's rights are stripped away and a select few are forced into reproductive servitude.
Critiqued“Handmaid's Tail. Beautiful. What starts off as disappointing through its lack of nuance and depth make contradictory points and statistics that feel cherrypicked in order to back up points the author is desperately trying to make. Quickly descends into conservative pearl clutching before ultimately concluding as a manifesto for girls getting back to family values and baby making that could”
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