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Every book Mary Harrington recommended on podcasts
Mary Harrington appeared on Modern Wisdom to dissect modern culture, feminism, and the unintended consequences of the sexual revolution. Harrington frequently referenced literature and cultural analysis to anchor her arguments regarding historical gender roles and relationships. She discussed Daphne du Maurier's novels Jamaica Inn and Rebecca through the lens of a feminist critique of gender dynamics. Harrington also analyzed the work of her friend Louise Perry, referencing Perry's left-feminist perspective on the undercounted costs that the sexual revolution imposed particularly on women. Furthermore, Harrington highlighted Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, specifically pointing to the relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy as the historical benchmark for companionate marriage and what remains in women's interests to pursue. Across her appearances, Harrington used these classic novels and contemporary cultural analyses to examine how societal shifts have altered romance, marriage, and female autonomy over time.
Books recommended by Mary Harrington
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Case Against the Sexual Revolution
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution by Louise Perry is a provocative critique of modern sexual culture that re-evaluates the social and psychological fallout of the sexual revolution from a feminist perspective.
Discussed“and my great friend Louise Perry has done has done a fairly solid analysis on on just how many ways you know from a from a really quite sort of left feminist perspective of some some of the undercounted costs of that and of the sexual Revolution that followed um particularly for women”
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Jamaica Inn
Discussed“he has a little discussion about Daphne Demorier's novels um and Jamaica in particularly and Rebecca and he talks you know his reading of of Daphne Demorier is as is as a feminist you”
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Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is a classic nineteenth-century romantic comedy of manners that examines the turbulent relationship between Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy amidst societal pressures regarding class, marriage, and reputation.
Discussed“you know i mean the relationship between elizabeth bennett and mr darcy in pride and prejudice is it kind of sets the bar for what one of the what a relationship like that should look like and what it's in women's interests to pursue under those circumstances”
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Rebecca
Discussed“he has a little discussion about Daphne Demorier's novels um and Jamaica in particularly and Rebecca and he talks you know his reading of of Daphne Demorier is as is as a feminist you”
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Books Mary Harrington wrote
Appearances
| Episode | Podcast | Date | Books |
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| The Performative Male Epidemic - Louise Perry & Mary Harrington - #1021 | Modern Wisdom | 2025-11-17 | 2 |
| The Dark Side Of Feminism's "Liberation" - Mary Harrington | Modern Wisdom | 2023-03-02 | 4 |
Other mentions (3: passing, ad reads, own books)
“I'm I my my last book was feminism against progress.”
“but I mean this is this was all this is all what led me to to write to writing the book which I've which I've just finished writing feminism against progress”
“but i mean this is this was all this is all what led me to to write to writing the book which i've which i've just finished writing feminism against progress”