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A review by neziiyay
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit
challenging
informative
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
This had a mixture of well written and thoughtful essays about topics we might have already been introduced to, and also essays that felt too surface level and juvenile.
Some of the sweeping statements the author makes about other social movements are simply wrong and overly optimistic. It was interesting that she mentioned queer people so much when she was writing in a time before same sex marriage was even legalised in the US. At some points, I also wasn't comfortable with how she spoke about Middle Eastern women. She pulls stories from around the world, but I do think the essays largely lack intersectional considerations.
Almost a decade later, I think we're having different conversations (or at least we should be). I enjoyed this book thinking about it as a product of a different generation and time.
Some of the sweeping statements the author makes about other social movements are simply wrong and overly optimistic. It was interesting that she mentioned queer people so much when she was writing in a time before same sex marriage was even legalised in the US. At some points, I also wasn't comfortable with how she spoke about Middle Eastern women. She pulls stories from around the world, but I do think the essays largely lack intersectional considerations.
Almost a decade later, I think we're having different conversations (or at least we should be). I enjoyed this book thinking about it as a product of a different generation and time.