A review by heathcliff
The Mother of All Questions: Further Feminisms by Rebecca Solnit

3.0

I got this a while ago and finally cracked it open but boy is this a product of its time. Reading THE MOTHER OF ALL QUESTIONS took me back to the mid-2010s when gamer gate was happening and feminazi reaction videos were rife on YouTube. So much has changed that these essays are truly a time capsule of that moment. But it also means that some of the issues discussed seem very dated and cringe, like Solnit praising Aziz Ansari and Louis CK for being male feminists.

We need an update collection that views some of these issues in a more layered and complex way. Some of these feel very “intro to feminism” and I was wanting more. Maybe wrap this as a gift and give it to your boyfriend who defends rape jokes in 2021.