{"product_id":"men-explain-things-to-me","title":"Men Explain Things to Me","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"This slim book—seven essays, punctuated by enigmatic, haunting paintings by Ana Teresa Fernandez—hums with power and wit.\"—\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The antidote to mansplaining.\"—\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Feminist, frequently funny, unflinchingly honest and often scathing in its conclusions.\"—\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Solnit tackles big themes of gender and power in these accessible essays. Honest and full of wit, this is an integral read that furthers the conversation on feminism and contemporary society.\"—\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle Top Shelf\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"Solnit [is] the perfect writer to tackle the subject: her prose style is so clear and cool.\"—\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\"The terrain has always felt familiar, but\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMen Explain Things To Me\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a tool that we all need in order to find something that was almost lost.\"—\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNational Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn her comic, scathing essay, \"Men Explain Things to Me,\" Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women. She wrote about men who wrongly assume they know things and wrongly assume women don't, about why this arises, and how this aspect of the gender wars works, airing some of her own hilariously awful encounters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis updated edition with two new essays of this national bestseller book features that now-classic essay as well as \"#YesAllWomen,\" an essay written in response to 2014 Isla Vista killings and the grassroots movement that arose with it to end violence against women and misogyny, and the essay \"Cassandra Syndrome.\" This book is also available in hardcover.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWriter, historian, and activist\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRebecca Solnit\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the author of eighteen or so books on feminism, western and indigenous history, popular power, social change and insurrection, wandering and walking, hope and disaster, including the books \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMen Explain Things to Me\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHope in the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e, both also with Haymarket; a trilogy of atlases of American cities; \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Faraway Nearby\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Paradise Built in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities that Arise in Disaster\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA Field Guide to Getting Lost\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWanderlust: A History of Walking\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRiver of Shadows, Eadweard Muybridge and the Technological Wild West\u003c\/i\u003e (for which she received a Guggenheim, the National Book Critics Circle Award in criticism, and the Lannan Literary Award). A product of the California public education system from kindergarten to graduate school, she is a columnist at Harper's and a regular contributor to the Guardian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePhysical Info:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublish Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e September 1, 2015\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rebecca Solnit","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51206748340511,"sku":"9781608464661","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/rebecca-solnit-humor-entertainment-men-explain-things-to-me-36254729076973.jpg?v=1757086231","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/men-explain-things-to-me","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}