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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Sexual harassment
well this started off really good but then the second half came and it often felt like the author went off topic
and the title is misleading af, I was expecting something COMPLETELY different
and the title is misleading af, I was expecting something COMPLETELY different
so amazing and so so important, especially with what is happening today
Un muy interesante libro que como lo expresa su autora es conveniente tomar como ensayo para poder entender que, no pretende solucionar o dictar un camino a seguir, es al parecer una apertura de conversación a temas muy vigentes, llenos de controversia y que impulsan a un cambio que es necesario en el ámbito cultural mundial. Donde los derechos deben ser ejercidos y respetados y donde la cultura de proteccionismo a las mujeres debe de ser cambiada por equidad total y respeto total.
Un gran diálogo interno entre las distintas facciones de un gran problema.
Y un detonante si entiendes de que está hablando el libro.
Un gran diálogo interno entre las distintas facciones de un gran problema.
Y un detonante si entiendes de que está hablando el libro.
challenging
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
I really enjoyed the majority of the essays, even if they were pretty depressing to read in "let's try to bring the 1930s back!" fascist 2025. But I loved Solnit's writing, I felt like it impacted me quite a lot.
There were, admittedly, a few other things I didn't like: One, it could've been more intersectional. It did talk a little bit about queer people, and a little bit about people of colour, but not enough. Plus, there were a few instances that felt a bit islamophobic to me - for example, there was one little throwaway comment that made it sound like women who wear burkas were all oppressed.
And lastly, Solnit kept name-dropping her other essays in these essays, which I totally would've been fine with if it'd happened once or twice, but she kept doing it throughout all the essays, and it just got a bit too much and egotistical.
There were, admittedly, a few other things I didn't like: One, it could've been more intersectional. It did talk a little bit about queer people, and a little bit about people of colour, but not enough. Plus, there were a few instances that felt a bit islamophobic to me - for example, there was one little throwaway comment that made it sound like women who wear burkas were all oppressed.
And lastly, Solnit kept name-dropping her other essays in these essays, which I totally would've been fine with if it'd happened once or twice, but she kept doing it throughout all the essays, and it just got a bit too much and egotistical.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Misogyny, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
This dense little tome is a must-read. It inspired me to keep looking for ways to be involved in changing the status quo.
“…though I began with a ridiculous example of being patronized by a man, I ended with rapes and murders. We tend to treat violence and the abuse of power as though they fit into airtight categories: harassment, intimidation, threat, battery, rape, murder. But I realize now what I was saying is: it’s a slippery slope. That’s why we need to address that slope, rather than compartmentalizing the varieties of misogyny and dealing with each separately.” P. 134
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
While some of her essays resonated with me, I found most to be a shallow compilation of quotes, personal experiences, and newspaper clippings that lacked deeper analysis. She also said some questionable things like, “violence doesn’t have a face, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender” - which completely ignores intersectionality and screams white feminism.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
I want to read everything she’s written