Reviews tagging 'Sexism'

Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

35 reviews

karinamitc's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: War, Sexism, Sexual violence, and Rape

coleanne's review against another edition

dark hopeful informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Misogyny, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Death, Domestic abuse, Fatphobia, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, and Murder

ainebeattie's review

3.0

accessible, intro to feminism essays  and despite nothing new, it was still engaging. however where is the intersectionality and capitalism was mentioned on the second last page lol. Also what is going on with the ode to Virginia Woolf and Susan Sontag’s fractured relationship. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexual assault, Sexism, and Racism

rainbowarpaint's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism and Misogyny

freyaboobac's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Sexual assault, Sexism, Police brutality, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Misogyny, and Rape

Moderate: Racism, Hate crime, Homophobia, Islamophobia, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Abortion, Classism, Colonisation, Gaslighting, and Genocide

lpfoley's review

emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is so much more complex and interesting of a book than I thought it would be. I sort of assumed it was going to be a snarky social experiment, but it’s a deep reflection on the violence and subjugation of women and the social and cultural impacts of that with stunningly beautiful writing.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Sexual violence, Rape, Sexism, Violence, Mass/school shootings, Misogyny, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, and Gaslighting

arrowdodger's review

challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Domestic abuse, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Rape, and Mass/school shootings

jay_eats_and_reads's review against another edition

emotional funny informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism

pingureads's review

3.0

 Some of these essays felt fleshed out and insightful, standouts for me were Grandmother Spider, Woolf's Darkness and Worlds Collide in a Luxury Suite. Men Explain Things to Me, the titular essay, felt simplistic and underdeveloped even for it's age and having brought this phenomenon to the forefront of the political and feminist conversation. The Longest War was a series of entirely-too-graphic statistics on SA and DV rather than an essay.

While the collection has some gems, it is not enough of a fundamental text to ignore the flaws of the discussion. Pick up a more nuanced and contemporary collection on similar topics of feminism and that will serve you much better than this does on that. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Physical abuse, Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Rape, and Misogyny

hannibanani29's review against another edition

challenging reflective medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Misogyny, Sexual violence, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Transphobia, Violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Murder

Minor: Classism