Published as a standalone on International Woman’s Day, the essay that became a touchstone of the feminist movement, with an afterword on its origins.

This famous and influential essay, which describes the time when, at a party, a man explained to Rebecca Solnit the argument of her own book, inspired the term ‘mansplaining’ and established Solnit as a vital figure of the feminist movement, and one of the leading thinkers of our time. Fierce, incisive and funny, it exposes the inherent sexism of our patriarchal culture.

Format: Small paperback
Published: UK, 2025
Publisher: Granta Books
Pages: 64
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1803512342
ISBN 13: 9781803512341