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A review by pinkblingd
Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays (Best of Granta) by Rebecca Solnit
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
Rebecca Solnit starts the book with her famous essay 'Men Explain Things to Me' — inspired by a meeting with a powerful man where he explained her own book to her, and delves into the systematic silencing of women. In her other essays she talks about the silent global war (violence) against women, marriage equality, gender roles in marriage, and women's fight for credibility in speaking against sexual assault/rape.
She draws attention to the fact that women being silenced and not having credibility in speaking their own experience are connected cultural issues, and not isolated problems. The essays also cover how multiple generations of women and modern feminism have given us the language and means to examine, understand, talk, push back, report such issues.
Reading this book feels great because it's one thing to know the reality of the world we live in but another entirely to be able to detail, deliver facts, and argue with such cold clarity.
She draws attention to the fact that women being silenced and not having credibility in speaking their own experience are connected cultural issues, and not isolated problems. The essays also cover how multiple generations of women and modern feminism have given us the language and means to examine, understand, talk, push back, report such issues.
Reading this book feels great because it's one thing to know the reality of the world we live in but another entirely to be able to detail, deliver facts, and argue with such cold clarity.