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Tag: Men Explain Things to Me

Men Explain Things to Me – Rebecca Solnit

On February 5, 2018January 28, 2018 By bookskepticIn Reviews3 Comments

The book is a collection of Solnit's essays, starting with the title one, but touching on many aspects in which women are made to feel lesser and become objects of violence. For me what Solnit does in her essays is track the origin of violence, she focuses on violence towards women, but I do think …

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January round-up

On February 1, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn ThoughtsLeave a comment

I'm happy that January is over, as now I only have one more month of darkness to survive! January went quite quickly and despite the lack of sun relatively painlessly (especially if you consider that it is traditionally one of the two worst months in a year for me). Reading-wise it was not a bad …

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Books I acquired over Christmas

On January 13, 2018May 5, 2019 By bookskepticIn Thoughts2 Comments

I already shared all the books I received and bought in 2017, apart from the Christmas ones, so here we are. I had to resort to a very 'corporate' verb acquired, as I failed yet again and bought three books in December. I do not regret this, I'm sure those will be amazing reads. What …

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