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This book almost killed me. Literally.

Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story by Chuck Klosterman

March 23, 2020 by andtheIToldYouSos 10 Comments

So, the book itself didn’t actually almost kill me- as much as it tried to do- but I just finished this audio book while driving home from work (yay essential workforce) on a highway that was not, in the slightest, plowed. I have been a New Englander my entire life. I like driving in the snow. I am confident, competent, and careful. This was the worst drive I have ever had- no hyperbole. A tractor trailer blew by me (only one lane, mind you) and […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction Tagged With: chuck klosterman, dead musicians, Death, gross, mansplaining, misogyny, self-importance, snobbery, white privilege

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR12 Review No:27 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, History, Non-Fiction · Tags: chuck klosterman, dead musicians, Death, gross, mansplaining, misogyny, self-importance, snobbery, white privilege ·
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Men explain things to me. . .

October 21, 2017 by Mrs Dillemma Leave a Comment

I dislike starting the review of a work I enjoyed with a negative but I would like to offer an alternative way in which to read this book, Solnits collection of essays does not need to be read together or even at once, take it slow, read one essay at time, devour the writing and then take time to think on it. Having said that, Men explain things to me and other essays is a collection of feminist writings which really didn’t go where I […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction, Short Stories Tagged With: #CannonballRead9, #MenExplainThingsToMe, #RebeccaSolnit, cbr9, feminism, mansplaining

Mrs Dillemma's CBR9 Review No:18 · Genres: Non-Fiction, Short Stories · Tags: #CannonballRead9, #MenExplainThingsToMe, #RebeccaSolnit, cbr9, feminism, mansplaining ·
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Rebecca Explains it All (In a Good Way!)

April 28, 2017 by Blingle Bells Leave a Comment

3.5 stars, rounding down because when I think back on it (I finished it a few weeks ago), the things that bugged me stick out more than the things that didn’t. This might’ve been a four star book for me if I’d checked at all on what it actually was. I’d hoped it would be a deeper dive into the title concept, aka “mainsplaining” (although Solnit herself did not coin that term and is not a fan of it). The title essay was fantastic, so […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: domestic violence, essays, feminism, mansplaining, Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit

Blingle Bells's CBR9 Review No:11 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: domestic violence, essays, feminism, mansplaining, Men Explain Things to Me, Rebecca Solnit ·
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