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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in June

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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What we’re reading: writers and readers on the books they enjoyed in May

Writers and Guardian readers discuss the titles they have read over the last month. Join the conversation in the comments

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No Straight Road Takes You There by Rebecca Solnit review – an activist’s antidote to despair

Hope is no casual platitude in this inspiring collection of essays; it’s the realistic mindset with which to approach existential challenges

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Rebecca Solnit: ‘Fiction was always treated as the most important, literary, aspirational goal – f*** that’

INTERVIEW: The prolific non-fiction writer returns to her favourite themes of hope and uncertainty in her cheerful new book, ‘No Straight Road Takes You There’. In a conversation with Hannah Ewens, she discusses why fiction is overrated, why new age spirituality is a hoax and how a functional social welfare…

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Gisèle Pelicot has rewritten her story – and electrified women all over the world. But what about men?

This was an extraordinary response to unimaginable crimes. Yet true change will only come when men engage with the culture that led us here, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

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David Graeber argued against ‘Great Man’ approaches to knowledge, but it seems his fate to become one

David Graeber, who died in 2020 at the age of 59, was an anthropologist and a political activist. The Ultimate Hidden Truth of the World is a curated collection of his essays. Like a glitzy museum exhibition, it is part serious memorialisation, part entertainment, and part invitation to play.

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Lost your sense of direction? Turn off your phone and you’ll soon reconnect

Tech giants said today’s digital native kids would be the first generation who would not know what it meant to get lost. But is that a good thing?

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Sales surge for dystopian books after Trump election victory

The Handmaid’s Tale has risen more than 400 places on bestseller charts since Wednesday with a similar rush for copies of On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

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‘It does not have to be this way’: the radical optimism of David Graeber

As a new collection of his writing is published, Rebecca Solnit remembers her friend, the late activist and anarchist who believed ordinary people had the power to change the world

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30 Mansplaining Memes That Say It All

Explore 30 mansplaining memes that perfectly capture how some men condescend while explaining things to women, often about topics they know little about. The post 30 Mansplaining Memes That Say It All first appeared on Bored Panda.

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Billionaires are out of touch and much too powerful. The planet is in trouble

The 1% aren’t just the biggest climate wreckers, they also greatly influence how the world responds to the crisis, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

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Can't we all get along? Actually, no

Liberal "elites" are too mean to their MAGA fellow citizens, argues David Brooks. Jeepers, not that argument again

Salon

Should we be more positive about tackling climate change?

The world still has “multiple, feasible and effective options” to avoid the worst consequences of climate breakdown, according to a landmark new report.

The Week

From elected official to 'Sweatshop Overlord,' this performer takes on unlikely roles

Kristina Wong is a Los Angeles-based satirical artist with a history of taking on surprising leadership positions in real life and on stage. Her latest solo show is Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord.

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Feminism taught me all I need to know about men like Trump and Putin

Like all abusive men, dictators seek to control who can speak and which narratives are believed. The only difference is scale, says the US writer Rebecca Solnit

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The serious side of ‘mansplaining’ has been lost. That’s where the harm begins

The key context of the word inspired by my 2008 essay is that mansplaining is one part of a huge problem – of who gets listened to, and who gets believed, says writer Rebecca Solnit

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Let me mansplain: studies reveal impact of condescension

Exclusive: US research using actors and volunteers finds women have negative outcomes but men are less affected

The Conversation

Well, actually: Mansplaining is a problem in the workplace

Since the term “mansplaining” has entered the cultural zeitgeist as a social media phenomenon and hashtag, its popularity and usage has only skyrocketed. In just six months between November 2016 and April 2017, for example, it was mentioned at least 10,000 unique times on Twitter.

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Enduring advice from the ‘experts’

Letters: Readers respond to Rebecca Solnit’s article on women being subjected to unsolicited help from men

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A planet in peril and our embrace of Big Brother: George Orwell would have been shocked

The writer did not foresee the wreckage of the entire global system, or our willing submission to monitoring, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

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Controversies, epiphanies and the case against Canva: highlights from Sydney writers’ festival

Coinciding with the federal election, this year’s festival buzzed with big ideas about politics, hope and writing. Here are 10 things we learned

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‘It’s a hell of a scary time’: leading US feminists on the threat to Roe v Wade

With US abortion rights in jeopardy, Judy Chicago, Bonnie Greer, Rebecca Solnit and more explain why they are determined to fight back

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Friday essay: empathy or division? On the science and politics of storytelling

Writers can’t always be trusted when they talk about the power and importance of story. We have a vested interest and can get sentimental, promoting the immense power of story, of narrative, as inherently benign.

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Donald Trump’s power is fading: Trumpism is the clear and present danger now

While the ex-president is beset by legal and financial troubles, his awful doctrine remains a malign and vigorous force in US politics, says Guardian US columnist Rebecca Solnit

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Next stop, Sylvia Plath! Why it is time to redraw the London Underground map

The official London tube map has only three stops named after women. Together with the actor Emma Watson and the author Rebecca Solnit, I’ve been working on a feminist alternative. Here’s the story behind our contribution to International Women’s Day

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