Mary Harrington is a British author and anti-transgender activist.
Background
Mary E. Harrington grew up in Kings Langley and graduated from Oxford in 2002.
“In 2005, I changed my name to Sebastian, because the internet told me to. That was a fairly eccentric thing to do 15 years ago. Now, it seems like everyone’s at it.”
Harrington worked in marketing from 2006 to 2020, specializing in marketing for the shipping industry. Harrington is a contributing editor at anti-trans publication UnHerd.
Harrington is author of the 2023 book Feminism Against Progress.
References
Trinko, Katrina (April 30, 2023) Did the Pill and the Digital World Fuel Transgenderism? The Daily Signal https://www.dailysignal.com/2023/04/30/mary-harrington-feminism-against-progress-author-talks-transgenderism/
McBain, Sophie (March 8, 2023). Mary Harrington: “Make sex consequential again.” The journalist and author on what liberal feminism gets wrong. New Statesman https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2023/03/mary-harrington-interview-make-sex-consequential
Selected anti-trans writing by Harrington
Harrington, Mary (February 19, 2024). New study: trans youth not at elevated risk of suicide. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/new-study-trans-youth-not-at-elevated-risk-of-suicide/
Harrington, Mary (December 1, 2023). Ultra-Processed People. Reactionary Feminist https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/p/ultra-processed-people
Harrington, Mary (September 14, 2023). The Statistic No One’s Allowed To Study: Why are so many transgender prisoners sex offenders? Reactionary Feminist
Harrington, Mary (July 17, 2023). NHS mental health app ‘Kooth’ is a danger to girls. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/nhs-mental-health-app-kooth-is-a-danger-to-girls/
Harrington, Mary (July 23, 2023). Which orifice? What organs? Who cares? Reactionary Feminist https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/p/which-orifice-what-organs-who-cares
Harrington, Mary (June 12, 2023). California laws fundamentally redefine the family. UnHerd https://unherd.com/newsroom/california-laws-fundamentally-redefine-the-family/
Harrington, Mary (May 12, 2023). The Hyperpalatable Human What AI-generated burger adverts tell us about male-to-male transsexuals. Reactionary Feminist https://reactionaryfeminist.substack.com/p/the-hyperpalatable-human
Harrington, Mary (April 17, 2023). From the UN to SNL, how institutions fall to trans activism. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/from-the-un-to-snl-how-institutions-fall-to-transactivism/
Harrington, Mary (April 3, 2023). New laws confirm the sacred principle of bodily self-creation UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/new-laws-confirm-the-sacred-principle-of-bodily-self-creation/
Harrington, Mary (March 29, 2023). What Posie Parker learnt from Brexit: Every campaign needs its shock troops. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/03/what-posie-parker-learnt-from-brexit/
Harrington, Mary (March 2, 2023). Why Progress isn’t feminist. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2023/03/why-progress-isnt-feminist/
Harrington, Mary (March 2, 2023). Dylan Mulvaney’s new face is only the beginning UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/dylan-mulvaneys-new-face-is-only-the-beginning/
Harrington, Mary (January 5, 2023). Why are incels turning themselves into girls? UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/why-are-incels-turning-themselves-into-girls/
Harrington, Mary (October 28, 2022). Scotland’s new gender bill imperils the Union. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/scotlands-new-gender-bill-imperils-the-union/
Harrington, Mary (October 28, 2022). Can you really be non-binary? UnHerd https://unherd.com/2022/08/what-does-it-mean-to-be-non-binary/
Harrington, Mary (May 30, 2022). Landmark trans cases show who the men really are. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/landmark-trans-cases-show-who-the-men-really-are/
Harrington, Mary (October 20, 2021). Welcome to Team TERF, Margaret Atwood UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/welcome-to-the-team-margaret-atwood/
Harrington, Mary (September 14, 2021). The Gender Resistance. First Things https://www.firstthings.com/web-exclusives/2021/09/the-gender-resistance
Harrington, Mary (September 1, 2021). Trans activism has mummy issues. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/09/the-trans-war-on-motherhood/
Harrington, Mary (May 6, 2021). Nobody wins the gender wars. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2021/05/nobody-wins-the-gender-wars/
Harrington, Mary (May 6, 2021). The trans lobby is finally meeting resistance. UnHerd https://unherd.com/thepost/the-trans-lobby-is-finally-meeting-resistance/
Harrington, Mary (December 9, 2020). For me, self-identification was a con. UnHerd https://unherd.com/2020/12/for-me-self-identification-was-a-con/
Resources
Reactionary Feminist (reactionaryfeminist.com)
Substack (substack.com)
UnHerd (unherd.com)
Twitter (twitter.com)
LinkedIn (linkedin.com)