A review by artofkcf
The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit

4.0

This collection of feminist essays from Rebecca Solnit range in subject from silence, to sexual assault, suburbs, and men explaining things to her. A close and quiet study of language and how it functions to marginalize women and/or disappear perpetrators of violence, will leave the reader glad to have thought through the very (sadly) still pressing issues for which contemporary feminism concerns itself. I do wonder sometimes, who does she write for? There is something so tame about her approach that she also spins the reactions she receives into the work itself. Her essays aren't earth shattering, but they are powerful in their own ways. They are smart and informed, and definitely a site for academic feminism to take root in seekers looking for a text that is accessible, yet still pushes the reader, gently.