Archive - The Austen Connection

Jane Austen and the Manosphere

Men are searching for their place. Jane Austen can help with that.

May 30

April 2026

Love is blind and attention is power

Love and objectification in the Attention Economy, and in Jane Austen

Apr 18

March 2026

Reading Mansfield Park in the #MeToo era

Fanny Price is a heroine for our times

Mar 28

Jane Austen goes to the Oscars

‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’ gives the Austen fandom something to root for.

Mar 14

Fire on ice: Heated Rivalry, Elizabeth and Darcy, and enemies-to-lovers romance

And what it all has to do with Jane Austen

Mar 7

February 2026

The violent, Romantic logic of ‘Wuthering Heights’

And Emily Bronte’s Model Collapse

Feb 21

Reading Jane Austen for the first time

Let's talk about love and Big Books - with tips from Librarian Tabrizia Jones and Plain Jane

Feb 14

My Top 10 Jane Austen Lectures on YouTube

We're hanging out with Jane Austen videos. Netflix and chill, without Netflix. Plus, an extravaganza of Jane Austen links!

Feb 7

January 2026

We're coming for you, 2026

We're talking about and reading Jane Austen, together, all year long.

Jan 18

December 2025

Joy, senseless joy!

We've spent a year reading Jane Austen, together - let's celebrate!

Dec 14, 2025

How to be a Leading Man

'Persuasion' and a picture of perfection

Dec 7, 2025

November 2025

Jane Austen is a Desi Muslim Auntie

Six questions for author Noreen Mughees about 'Persuasion', Muslim romance, and second-chance love

Nov 30, 2025