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Here’s What I Read for Women’s History Month
The Mother of All Questions, the Power, & More
My plan for the month of March was to read a work of fiction by a woman and essays by women. Not included here is “The Witch Doesn’t Burn in this One” by Amanda Lovelace, which I started but haven’t finished yet, but will soon.
- The Mother of All Questions by Rebecca Solnit (5 Stars)
This collection of essays is a necessary read for understanding where modern feminism is and where it could go. It’s also a look into the past (this was written before Me Too, Donald Trump, and various other important events. The message still stands strong — the details aren’t right anymore). The title essay is wonderfully important, as well as A Short History of Silence, which tackles the massive pink elephant in the room and turns it into something to be understood. I appreciate that Solnit is completely aware of exactly what the reader might argue against her and addresses it upfront, making her difficult to argue with at all. I will also say that I really love the look of these books. They’re really just nice to look at and short enough of a collection to get through in a reasonable amount of time & still enjoy. I’m a petty reader, so that’s important to me. Not that I don’t enjoy spending time with Solnit on the page, but I will say that if Men Explain…
