adriennedomingus's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
mpatshi's review against another edition
“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.
1dpg's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
reflective
medium-paced
chaoticmissadventures's review against another edition
4.0
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.
emosheeran's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
The first half of this book I enjoyed quite a bit; I had numerous passages highlighted and a lot of Rebecca’s feelings were very relatable, but the last half completely lost my interest and took me so long to get through.
I’m not really sure what Rebecca was going for while writing this because it targets several different things. I expected to learn quite a bit about her—I had no knowledge of her existence before reading this—but I can safely say I still do not know much about her coming out of it.
A lot about her life gets skimmed; very little drew me in and made me want to know about her experiences. I feel like trying to connect with your readers emotionally is rather important with these subjects, but that was missing from here, or at least the last half.
At times it did feel kinda white feminist as well.
I’m not really sure what Rebecca was going for while writing this because it targets several different things. I expected to learn quite a bit about her—I had no knowledge of her existence before reading this—but I can safely say I still do not know much about her coming out of it.
A lot about her life gets skimmed; very little drew me in and made me want to know about her experiences. I feel like trying to connect with your readers emotionally is rather important with these subjects, but that was missing from here, or at least the last half.
At times it did feel kinda white feminist as well.
fireofunknownorigin's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
theprinceofdenmark's review against another edition
dnf her critical writing is more interesting than autobio