Wow. This essay by Rebecca Solnit is probably the best thing I've read this year. A forceful reminder to all those old white male pedantic bores decrying "identity politics" (cough, Hitchens, cough), that they might, just for once: Shut. The. Fuck. Up. If you don't think Rebecca Solnit can teach you a thing or two thousand, you clearly aren't paying any attention whatsoever.
Brian Cook was an editor at In These Times from 2003 to 2009. He now works on the editorial staff of Playboy magazine.
