I am not well-versed in the history of feminism but it seemed to me that these essays from about a dozen years ago were just a little ahead of the curve when it came to burning issues like speech belittling women's thoughts and sexual harrassment. The opinions and arguments made are probably not as surprising to a reader who follows the debates of our times, but they are well-expressed. I did like the one essay about themes in Virginia Woolf's writing which made me want to pick up one book of hers which I've had on my list to read for a long time now. This is a slim little volume a person could read in a day or two.