Sometimes it seems that the fate of the world is decided entirely in the ether of electronic communications and corporate backroom deals. Rebecca Solnit backroomcommunicationcorporate Change image and share on social
For millions of years, this world has been a great gift to nearly everything living on it, a planet whose atmosphere, temperature, air, water, seasons, and weather were precisely calibrated to allow us - the big us, including forests and oceans, species large and small - to flourish. Rebecca Solnit airatmospherebig share on social
The exercise of democracy begins as exercise, as walking around, becoming familiar with the streets, comfortable with strangers, able to imagine your own body as powerful and expressive rather than a pawn. Rebecca Solnit beginbodycomfortable share on social
Credibility is a basic survival tool. Rebecca Solnit basiccredibilitysurvival Change image and share on social
Revolution is a phase, a mood, like spring, and just as spring has its buds and showers, so revolution has its ebullience, its bravery, its hope, and its solidarity. Some of these things pass. Rebecca Solnit braverybudebullience Change image and share on social
Having the right to show up and speak are basic to survival, to dignity, and to liberty. Rebecca Solnit basicdignityliberty Change image and share on social
Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act. Rebecca Solnit actagencyfall Change image and share on social
I feel often that we don't have the right language to talk about emotions in disasters. Everyone is on edge, of course, but it also pulls people away from a lot of trivial anxieties and past and future concerns and gratuitous preoccupations that we have, and refocuses us in a very intense way. Rebecca Solnit anxietyconcerndisaster share on social
Given a choice between their worldview and the facts, it's always interesting how many people toss the facts. Rebecca Solnit choicefactinterest Change image and share on social