Men Explain Things to Me

Name: Men Explain Things to Me
Author: Rebecca Solnit

by Rebecca Solnit

Essays on mansplaining, sexism, and how women's visibility is diminished and erased

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Rebecca Solnit

American essayist and historian whose Men Explain Things to Me coined the term 'mansplaining.' A Field Guide to Getting Lost and Wanderlust: A History of Walking are lyrical explorations of movement, space, and uncertainty. She writes at the intersection of feminism, environmentalism, and place.

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