The Mother of All Questions Summary
Rebecca Solnit

The Mother of All Questions Overview

Author and public intellectual Rebecca Solnit writes in this collection of essays on the state of feminism today. Combining personal anecdote, sociological analysis, and close-readings of everything from novels to governmental health guidelines, Solnit traverses the whole of contemporary culture and politics with sensitivity, wit, and compassion, in order to take account of the successes feminism has achieved in the early 2010s and how far it still has to go. Throughout the book, Solnit insists on the importance of voice and examining one’s own and society’s beliefs.