FEMINISM AGAINST PROGRESS, by Mary Harrington (Regnery/Swift Press, $45 hb)
Mary Harrington’s writing is frequently described as “interesting” – perhaps because it leaves readers so existentially startled that they are at a loss as to how to respond. Whereas the mode of much popular contemporary feminism is a rolling of eyes at the unreasonable ways of men, a shaking of fists at “the patriarchy”, and a rueful solidarity regarding women’s burdens, Harrington’s fiercely intelligent and decidedly uncomfortable calls for a fundamental rethink
