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"Why do some trees stay green while others change their color?" "Certain trees need to show off, dear. I'm sure that my big brother could explain why it happens. Dahlaine loves to explain things, and he can be very tedious about it. I prefer simpler answers. The trees are sad because summer's almost over."
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autumn-leaves
forest
mansplain
mansplaining
nature
sexism
trees
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David Eddings |
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If it's not clear enough in the piece, I love it when people things to me they know and I'm interested in but don't yet know. It's when they explain things to me I know and they don't that the conversation goes awry.
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ignorance
mansplain
mansplaining
patriarchal
patriarchy
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Rebecca Solnit |
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4951561
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...the Men Who Knew came out of the woodwork.
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feminism
mansplaining
men
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Rebecca Solnit |
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...explaining men still assume I am, in some sort of obscene impregnation metaphor, an empty vessel to be filled with their wisdom and knowledge.
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mansplaining
metaphor
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Rebecca Solnit |