We are mad as hell, and that's completely okay. And when we somehow manage to put one high heel-battered foot in front of the other despite all of this, we're asked if it would kill us to smile. We are told to stand down when we have an opinion and to calm down when we are fired up. The assertive among us are labelled bitches, while the expressive among us are considered shrill. We are underpaid, overworked, thwarted and diminished.
Women are angry, and it isn't hard to figure out why.
After all, women have a lot to be angry about.' GLORIA STEINEM ' How many women cry when angry because we've held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her will be good for women. “A work of great spirit and verve” ( Time), Rage Becomes Her is a validating, energizing read that will change the way you interact with the world around you.A conversation-shifting book urging 21st-century women to understand their anger, embrace its power, and use it as a tool for positive change On the flip side, the societal and cultural belittlement of our anger is a cunning way of limiting and controlling our power-one we can no longer abide. We are so often encouraged to resist our rage or punished for justifiably expressing it, yet how many remarkable achievements would never have gotten off the ground without the kernel of anger that fueled them? Approached with conscious intention, anger is a vital instrument, a radar for injustice and a catalyst for change. In Rage Becomes Her, Soraya Chemaly argues that our anger is not only justified, it is also an active part of the solution. Yet there are so, so many legitimate reasons for us to feel angry, ranging from blatant, horrifying acts of misogyny to the subtle drip, drip drip of daily sexism that reinforces the absurdly damaging gender norms of our society. Rage Becomes Her is an “utterly eye opening” ( Bustle) book that gives voice to the causes, expressions, and possibilities of female rage.Īs women, we’ve been urged for so long to bottle up our anger, letting it corrode our bodies and minds in ways we don’t even realize. Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCH NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today
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