Men Explain Things to Me (Hardcover)

from mmaestiho

This was powerful, straight-forward, and impressive. While some of the essays weren't as interesting, the first few make up for them with their blasts of systems in the world.

from ASKelmore

This collection of essays contains the type of work I dream of doing. The writing is fantastic, and every sentence, every word serves a purpose. It is descriptive but not flowery; the author makes her case in each essay clearly and convincingly, yet still manages to challenge the reader.You may b...

from libraryhead

The title essay was great. The rest... repetitive preaching to the choir. Also a little dated now, as if anyone could have imagined what US politics would become in 2018. The Woolf piece belonged in another book entirely.

from bezoar44

Most of the essays in this collection are focused on the problem of male violence against/ oppression of women (there is an outlier, an essay on Susan Sontag and Virginia Woolf that touches on but is not primarily about this theme). I found the most compelling were the last two - '#YesAllWomen: F...

from mmaestiho

This was powerful, straight-forward, and impressive. While some of the essays weren't as interesting, the first few make up for them with their blasts of systems in the world.