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A review by 0rph3us
Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir by Rebecca Solnit
5.0
Life changing!
If you are someone who falls outside of the traditional image of "man" when it refers to people, almost everything Rebecca Solnit writes in Recollections of My Non-Existence will strike true. Silently, there has been a war raging against people of color, women and queer people.
The experiences Solnit writes about unfortunately resonate. From being talked over, dismissed as a liar, to being followed home in the dead of night. But the way she writes (making the fight for equality equal to poetry, a love story) has not managed to scare me, only to inspire.
She perfectly conceptualizes what is wrong and in her explanation of her fight for change, she instills hope in the reader in how they can also help. That things have changed (although not yet enough) and that will continue to change.
I recommend this book to everyone. Read this book. Be upset. Be a little in love. Be hopeful!
If you are someone who falls outside of the traditional image of "man" when it refers to people, almost everything Rebecca Solnit writes in Recollections of My Non-Existence will strike true. Silently, there has been a war raging against people of color, women and queer people.
The experiences Solnit writes about unfortunately resonate. From being talked over, dismissed as a liar, to being followed home in the dead of night. But the way she writes (making the fight for equality equal to poetry, a love story) has not managed to scare me, only to inspire.
She perfectly conceptualizes what is wrong and in her explanation of her fight for change, she instills hope in the reader in how they can also help. That things have changed (although not yet enough) and that will continue to change.
I recommend this book to everyone. Read this book. Be upset. Be a little in love. Be hopeful!