Took my time with this one. I am glad I stuck with it. Reading it 11 years after it was published, it seems like it could have been written yesterday. I was initially so put off by the section of the "rape of the land" chapter directly equating environmental destruction with rape that I expected I would not like the rest of the book. I could go into the problems with this in detail but I won't for brevity's sake. Upon finishing the book I found myself educated by or in complete agreement with the rest. I also always appreciate a book that offers solutions with its critiques and Smith does a lot of that very well. It spans many intersections of race, gender, class, nation, ability, and even species. So, 5 stars even with the problematic section.