Season 1, Episode 3: On Anger
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This episode focuses on the political usefulness of anger, especially as an appropriate and ethical response to injustice and mistreatment. We consider how anger is sanctioned for some groups rather than others, examine reasons that women might fear, deny, or suppress their anger to avoid conflict, and discuss the various ways that the expression of anger might be a transformative force in social life.
Featuring:
Dr. Tammy Birk
Show Notes:
In this episode, I rely on the insights of multiple works that rethink and reconsider the role of anger, especially in the lives of women and persons of color.
Those texts include:
Audre Lorde’s essay ‘The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism’ (I981). You can find a PDF of it here: https://www.blackpast.org/african-american-history/speeches-african-american-history/1981-audre-lorde-uses-anger-women-responding-racism/
Soraya Chemaly’s Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Rage-Becomes-Her/Soraya-Chemaly/9781501189562
Myisha Cherry’s The Case for Rage: Why Anger is Essential to Anti-racist Struggle. https://www.myishacherry.org/the-case-for-rage/
Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Good-and-Mad/Rebecca-Traister/9781668022924
Rebecca Traister’s Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger. https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Good-and-Mad/Rebecca-Traister/9781668022924
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