Men Explain Things to Me

Men Explain Things to Me
Image of the book jacket cover
Author Rebecca Solnit
Illustrator Ana Teresa Fernandez
Country United States
Language English
Subject Feminist Theory, Women's rights, Media culture, Media studies
Genre Nonfiction
Published May 2014 (Haymarket Books)
Media type Print
Pages 130
ISBN 9781608463862
Text Men Explain Things to Me at the book publisher's website

Men Explain Things To Me is a 2014 book by Rebecca Solnit, published by Haymarket Books. The book is a collection of seven essays and "has become a touchstone of the feminist movement."[1] The main essay in the book was cited in The New Republic as the piece that "launched the term mansplaining."[2]

Reception

Helen Lewis of the New Statesman wrote, "I finished this book and immediately wanted to buy all the author’s other works. In future, I would like Rebecca Solnit to Explain Things to Me."[3] Kate Tuttle of The Boston Globe wrote that it "hums with power and wit".[4] Haley Mlotek of the National Post called it "a tool that we all need in order to find something that was almost lost."[5] Christine Sismondo of The Toronto Star called mansplaining a civil rights issue and wrote that "[Solnit is] the perfect person to explain it to you."[6] Soraya Chemaly of Salon wrote, "It is feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions."[7] Katie Moore of the Utne Reader wrote, "At 124 pages, this collection is both an easy read and a difficult one. Easy because Solnit's writing is so eloquently full of both grace and fury—not something many writers can pull off; difficult because of the storm of appalling facts."[8] Kirkus Reviews described it as "slim in scope, but yet another good book by Solnit."[9]

References

  1. ↑ "Granta Books". Men Explain Things To Me. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "The Essay That Launched the Term "Mansplaining"". New Republic. New Republic. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  3. ↑ Lewis, Helen (25 June 2014). "Mansplainers anonymous: Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit". New Statesman. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Tuttle, Kate (17 May 2014). "'The True American,' 'Men Explain Things to Me,' 'The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons,' 'Eating Wildly'". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  5. ↑ Mlotek, Haley (12 May 2014). "Cultural Studies: Here, let me explain mansplaining (and Rebecca Solnit) to you". National Post. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  6. ↑ Sismondo, Christine (4 June 2014). "Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit: review". The Toronto Star. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  7. ↑ Chemaly, Soraya (20 May 2014). "“Men explaining things to me had been happening my whole life”: The author behind "mansplaining" on the origin of her famous term". Salon. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  8. ↑ Moore, Katie (10 June 2014). "Book Review: Men Explain Things to Me". Utne Reader. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Men Explains Things to Me". Kirkus Reviews. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2014.

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