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vonderbash's review
5.0
I won a copy of this book from a Goodreads giveaway.
This is an excellent collection of essays that are relatable, thought provoking, and important. I would recommend that anyone should read this book.
Some of these essays will make you burn with anger, others will make your own emotions and experiences clearer, and most of them may give you new insights into what it’s like for someone else and what they have gone through.
All of these essays are so well written. I have lots of new writers to research and I can’t wait to read more of their works.
This is an excellent collection of essays that are relatable, thought provoking, and important. I would recommend that anyone should read this book.
Some of these essays will make you burn with anger, others will make your own emotions and experiences clearer, and most of them may give you new insights into what it’s like for someone else and what they have gone through.
All of these essays are so well written. I have lots of new writers to research and I can’t wait to read more of their works.
ashleyccunningham's review
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.75
I read this book when I myself was fucking angry. And for that reason, it felt therapeutic. While reading this book I realized I didn’t have any familiar coping mechanisms for anger, just anxiety and sadness. I was pleased there were multiple trans women authors also represented in these pages. Like any set of essays, some moments were better than others, but I honestly lost interest once my own anger subsided. I found the essays contradictory, validating, funny, hopeful, conflicted, and honest.
lattelibrarian's review
5.0
Surprisingly, I didn't find this book to be all that angry. But perhaps that's because even when given permission, even in non-verbal language, we still hold ourselves back. But still, that being said, I was nearly at the end of the book when I read my first "fuck". What I will say, however, is that there is a lot to be angry about, and Dancyger didn't choose women who were only cis, only white, and only able-bodied. There's a huge array of women being represented, and a huge array of reasons to be angry.
I live a fairly privileged life, and so luckily these essays didn't largely affect me--though I would throw out a word to the wise if you're still struggling with and are triggered by topics such as rape or transphobia. These topics come up frequently, and such essays may need a longer while to decompress.
But despite the fact that I didn't find this as angry as I expected, I do think that it was hugely interesting, that these women's analyses of their anger was right on the point, right on the nose of the problem. We all know at this point that women are never allowed to express anger, often learning to suppress it as frustration, stress, or tears. That being said, I really wish I could remember the essay that discusses something that I'm just going to coin as "anger loops".
Anger loops are when you find yourself getting angry, but then say it's not really worth getting angry over, and then you get angry because why the hell can't you just be angry and oh my god if you get angry then everyone's going to react towards your anger and goddammit that makes me angry too! And then you just end up getting angry and defeatist. That's the one that rang truest for me, and hit closest to home because I know I can be mad, I'm allowed to be mad, and yet I can't just seem to let it out!
Certainly I found this to be a wonderful and entertaining book given the topic and today's day and age. Definitely worth reading if you're struggling with getting angry as well!
Review cross-listed here!
I live a fairly privileged life, and so luckily these essays didn't largely affect me--though I would throw out a word to the wise if you're still struggling with and are triggered by topics such as rape or transphobia. These topics come up frequently, and such essays may need a longer while to decompress.
But despite the fact that I didn't find this as angry as I expected, I do think that it was hugely interesting, that these women's analyses of their anger was right on the point, right on the nose of the problem. We all know at this point that women are never allowed to express anger, often learning to suppress it as frustration, stress, or tears. That being said, I really wish I could remember the essay that discusses something that I'm just going to coin as "anger loops".
Anger loops are when you find yourself getting angry, but then say it's not really worth getting angry over, and then you get angry because why the hell can't you just be angry and oh my god if you get angry then everyone's going to react towards your anger and goddammit that makes me angry too! And then you just end up getting angry and defeatist. That's the one that rang truest for me, and hit closest to home because I know I can be mad, I'm allowed to be mad, and yet I can't just seem to let it out!
Certainly I found this to be a wonderful and entertaining book given the topic and today's day and age. Definitely worth reading if you're struggling with getting angry as well!
Review cross-listed here!
kaylarussin's review
3.0
This book gives you essays written by women about what makes them angry. I didn’t love this book and I didn’t hate it. None of the stories were long enough to make me want more. I felt it had a great array of different women with different backstories and lifestyles, but towards the end it just fell...flat. The stories were too short to really understand the background on a deep level.
noooootalie's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
4.5
Not enough people talk about feminine rage.
This book helped me normalize some of the feelings I have as a femme-presenting human living in this world. Reading this made me feel more connected to other women in so many ways. If you identify as a woman and have big feelings (or small feelings tbh!) I'd recommend this read.
This book helped me normalize some of the feelings I have as a femme-presenting human living in this world. Reading this made me feel more connected to other women in so many ways. If you identify as a woman and have big feelings (or small feelings tbh!) I'd recommend this read.