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In a timely follow-up to her national bestseller Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit offers indispensable commentary on women who refuse to be silenced, misogynistic violence, the fragile masculinity of the literary canon, the gender binary, the recent history of rape jokes, and much more.

In characteristic style, Solnit mixes humor, keen analysis, and powerful insight in these essays.

Author Bios

Rebecca Solnit is the author of more than twenty books, including Orwell’s RosesHope in the DarkMen Explain Things to MeA Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster; and A Field Guide to Getting Lost. A longtime climate and human rights activist, she serves on the board of the climate group Oil Change International, and the advisory boards of Dayenu and Third Act. 

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Publication date: September 20, 2019

Table of Contents
  • Chapter One: The Mother of All Questions

  • Chapter Two: Silence Is Broken

  • Chapter Three: The Year Women Refused to Shut Up

  • Chapter Four: Feminism: The Men Arrive

  • Chapter Five: The Short Happy Recent History of the Rape Joke

  • Chapter Six: 80 Books No Woman Should Read

  • Chapter Seven: The Tomb of the Unknown Battered Woman, or, Extremely Domestic Terrorism

  • Chapter Eight: Isla Vista One Year After

  • Chapter Nine: Shooting Down Man the Hunter

  • Chapter Ten: Categories Are Leaky: An Argument for and Against Gender Binaries

  • Chapter Eleven: Despite Everything: Finishing My Grandmothers’ Work
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