Mary Harrington

Is feminism really as egalitarian as we all think? Unherd’s contributing editor Mary Harrington doesn’t think so. She argues that today, feminism only benefits a privileged class of white-collar women, who exploit it to further their own economic and political interests. What’s more, she says that the reason behind women's liberation was never moral progress: instead, it was driven by the material consequences of the Industrial Revolution. At Brain Bar, Mary will tell us all what’s wrong with modern feminism, and how digital platforms facilitate the objectification of women's bodies in the name of equality.

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