Reading Angry Women

I think, for many of us, this has been a week of incandescent rage. (And true to form, the man in my life did not react well to my anger, but that's a different topic.) To get through it, I have been reading women writing about misogyny and women's anger. Here are two good writers I've discovered and whose books I will soon be getting:

Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad -- Here's an excerpt and a terrific essay, "What a Good Boy," about the Kavanaugh hearings.

Kate Manne, Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny -- Here is her editorial on himpathy in the NYT and an interview with her in Guernica.

Can anyone else recommend some angry women to read?

Thanks so much for these, Sturlington. It's not contemporary, but I keep thinking about Susan Glaspell's A Jury of Her Peers.

ETA: I wish Kate Millett was around to write about this

I posted an appropriately furious link the other day:

https://www.librarything.com/topic/256572#6589475

Threads on my Talk list for the moment:



As it happens, Acker was very angry. Seeing her sandwich "angry women" made me smile. Also, I think Susan is right to point to "old skool" feminists if a dose of straight-up rage is required.

Speaking of incandescent rage, Verso recently re-released SCUM Manifesto.

The paper edition of today's The Globe and Mail fronts on the cover the words "FEMALE RAGE" with several articles, this one I think is free:

With Christine Blasey Ford’s testimony, the dam of female rage has burst

Just one dam? As that shit looks to be confirmed, I think there'll be a few more yet...

I think that Christine Blasey Ford will go down in history, as Anita Hill did, for her bravery which will change the culture and how we think about the autonomy of women. Yes, her abuser is likely to be confirmed to the Supreme Court, which I think will finally destroy the court's integrity, but that doesn't diminish the importance of what she has done. To me, she is an inspiration and a hero.

Amen.

absolutely, re: Dr. Ford. She's a hero.

Michelle Tea has a great essay in Against Memoir arguing that the SCUM Manifesto needs to be read seriously. I think I need to reread it.

(I can't get the touchstones to work. I'm getting a 405 Not Allowed message)

I got my copy of Good and Mad: How Women's Anger Is Reshaping America today, and notice the subtle background raised pattern across the front of the book.

*CKF*CKF*

Can someone enlighten me as to what it signifies?

>9 2wonderY:

Heh. Try F*CK F*CK etc. :)

Yes! Thanks.