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Good and Mad
- How Women's Anger Is Reshaping America
- Narrated by: Rebecca Traister
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times best-selling author of All the Single Ladies - whom Anne Lamott called “the most brilliant voice on feminism in this country” - comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement.
In the year 2018, it seems as if women’s anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women’s March, and before the #MeToo movement, women’s anger was not only politically catalytic - but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women’s slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men.
With eloquence and fervor, Rebecca tracks the history of female anger as political fuel - from suffragettes chaining themselves to the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Here Traister explores women’s anger at both men and other women; anger between ideological allies and foes; the varied ways anger is perceived based on its owner; as well as the history of caricaturing and delegitimizing female anger; and the way women’s collective fury has become transformative political fuel - as is most certainly occurring today. She deconstructs society’s (and the media’s) condemnation of female emotion (notably, rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions.
Highlighting a double standard perpetuated against women by all sexes, and its disastrous, stultifying effect, Traister’s latest is timely and crucial. It offers a glimpse into the galvanizing force of women’s collective anger, which, when harnessed, can change history.
Critic Reviews
"Rebecca Traister's steady and powerful narration lends strength to her chronicle of women's anger.... It is a deeply researched study, and Traister's narration clearly reframes key moments in history from a perspective different from those typically taught in history class." (AudioFile)
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- Anonymous User
- 25-05-2019
amazing! everyone should read this.
I don't know if love is the write word to describe my admiration to this book.
I feel it explains things so well in regards to how women are feeling.
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- Moira Delandes
- 13-01-2019
essential reading
keep recommending this to help explain and empower. essential reading for every generation. thank you
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