A landmark incendiary collection from one of the leading essayists working today. Inspiring
everyone from radical activists to Beyoncé Knowles Rebecca Solnit's essay 'Men Explain Things
to Me' has become a touchstone of the feminist movement and established her as one of the
leading thinkers of our time. Here it is collected along with the best of Solnit's feminist
writings. From French sex scandals to the nuclear family rape culture to mansplaining
Virginia Woolf to colonialism these essays are a fierce and incisive exploration of the issues
that a patriarchal culture will not necessarily acknowledge as 'issues' at all. With grace wit
and energy and in the most exquisite and inviting of prose Rebecca Solnit proves herself a
vital leading figure of the feminist movement and a radical humane thinker. 'Solnit is a
compelling writer with a glorious turn of phrase' Evening Standard
