#GAReads | Breaking Ground book on buildings by women 'is both needed and problematic'
“Breaking Ground book on buildings by women ‘is both needed and problematic’”:
Last spring, around the time that Greta Thunberg was nominated for a Nobel Peace prize, writer Rebecca Solnit penned an essay entitled, When the Hero is the Problem. She focused on the false front presented by the word "singlehanded", noting that how it makes for a great and easily digested narrative of one person's efforts in the face of crisis. But it also masks the everyday efforts of many.