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

4.0

Another great collection of feminist essays from Rebecca Solnit on a range of topics like sexism in literature, rape culture, and feminine silence. I am a big Solnit fan but this was not her best, though admittedly “not her best” is still great. I recommend her other collections before this one (e.g., Men Explain Things to Me, Hope in the Dark, Call Them By Their True Names). Her other works don’t just have sharp commentary and overviews of politics, gender, and society in the last twenty years, but they also have a unique Rebecca Solnit twist to them. This book was just as intelligently written but it didn’t feel like the insights were particularly fresh.