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4.22 AVERAGE
4.22 AVERAGE
I'm just here to say, ‘Thank you for your feminism and your wisdom and voice, Rebecca Solnit.’ And yes, here's to the liberations of all beings.
Once you start reading her works you just know in yourself, you'll crave for more and will never stop. Here I am, four books after, still in awe of her mind and genius. 2020 has been crazy so far but at least there's Recollection of My Nonexistence that kept me sane and let me ‘weigh minute things and evaluate nuances and fine degrees of differentiation’
REBECCA SOLNIT NEVER FAILS AND SO DOES THIS BOOK. Definitely worth the wait.
Once you start reading her works you just know in yourself, you'll crave for more and will never stop. Here I am, four books after, still in awe of her mind and genius. 2020 has been crazy so far but at least there's Recollection of My Nonexistence that kept me sane and let me ‘weigh minute things and evaluate nuances and fine degrees of differentiation’
REBECCA SOLNIT NEVER FAILS AND SO DOES THIS BOOK. Definitely worth the wait.
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So fresh and insightful. Amazing memoir combined w/ feminist themes. Engaging and perfect in almost every way
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I didn't realize what a prolific career Solnit has had, but this retrospective of her life and work informs the reader of her life as a women writer and activist in the US. This is the second book I've read by the author, and I plan to read many more. While the essays contain serious subjects, her writing style makes me feel at ease. She's one of few authors who I read -for the writing- her choice of words, flow, pacing, are extraordinary. I loved it.
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
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“And so there I was where so many young women were, trying to locate ourselves somewhere between being disdained or shut out for being unattractive and being menaced or resented for being attractive, to hover between two zones of punishment in space that was itself so thin that perhaps it never existed, trying to find some impossible balance of being desirable to those we desired and being safe from those we did not.”
I would quote this whole book if I could.
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Absolutely love this cover photo of Solnit as a teen. I have not read enough of her work, but her "Men Explain Things To Me" has had a huge impact on me and so many others, this has been on my TRB since it was released in 2020 and I am sad I am just getting to it, I got to the last page and immediately knew I needed to order a copy so I could read again with a highlighter. She is exactly the intersectional feminist I strive to be, so aware ?
The only comment I have on the writings is she spends a good portion of the book talking about street harassment and the dangers of walking at night, which she continues to do, but she never mentions that statistically you are more likely to be harmed by people you know. I always think this is something to reflect on when we talk about male violence - physical or verbal.
The only comment I have on the writings is she spends a good portion of the book talking about street harassment and the dangers of walking at night, which she continues to do, but she never mentions that statistically you are more likely to be harmed by people you know. I always think this is something to reflect on when we talk about male violence - physical or verbal.