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I am fired up by these essays and the nimble and steel strength in her logic and language.
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A coherent collection of #metoo era essays, previously published in different forums, by one of America’s best contemporary left-wing public intellectuals.
Almost nothing in any of Rebecca Solnit's essays is new information to me anymore, yet a new collection arrives each year to energize me with a potent combination of anger and hope. I happened to read this one, which included a chapter devoted to the removal of confederate statues, at a very appropriate time, but these essays are always relevant.
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An excellent intersectional feminist text that I’d make every cis man read if I could. Highly accessible while also delving into the complexities of language (word nerds like me will enjoy this) and encouraging readers to think on how women are socialized into accommodating even the worst in others and how even “left-leaning” publications continually skew perspective to reflect a clear prejudice against women with frequent cited examples. A must read that makes me want to read the rest of Solnit’s work.
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Another 5 star essay collection. I read Tolentino's "Trick Mirror" just before this read and they were two of the best collections I'd ever written. I'd say Tolentino's is more passionate and snarky, typically sticking to facts or stories that most left-leaning people will already have knowledge of. While Solnit writes about similar (but not quite exactly the same) topics, her analysis is much tighter and often takes different, unique, routes. I adored her collection -- each essay felt like they built on each other, but they never felt like they were repeating each other. This was one of my favourite collections of this year by far.