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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
challenging
medium-paced
Every American woman needs to read this before November 3, 2020.
Reading about anger at a point in my life where rage feels baseline. I know and spend time with lots of liberal women and I realized that even with that luxury, my rage is still so bottled. This reinvigorated while also giving me better language to express myself. Definitely going to try and read the rest of her body of work.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
I've picked up this book somewhat hesitantly, because I feared it was going to be a dry and largely theoretical analysis of anger and gender itself (I had overlooked the book cover that is covered in white-on-white F*CKs and thought it looked rather sober. Obviously I didn't check the Goodreads cover photo).
But I soon realized I was wrong and found myself incapable of laying this book aside.
It is immensely intelligently written, highly topical and educative. I feel enriched to have learnt so much more about the history of the women's movement in the USA, and, most importantly, cannot wait to learn more (about its history in Europe).
Imho an essential read, much like Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road. One of those books that make your heart race with joy simply for reading it (even when it covers the most rage-stirring and unjust inequities) and that leaves you deeply inspired (also to casually slip your new knowledge into every conversation, "Did you know this?").
Few of the facts laid out in this book are particularly surprising, but it is nonetheless (or even more so) refreshing to see them newly condensed, put into context, and most importantly, directed to implications and a cause that is relatable and necessary and suddenly feels very real and attainable.
I know I am supposed to express my rage after reading Good and Mad, and I most probably will, but I am also deeply delighted to have read it.
All the praise for Rebecca Traister is most definitely justified.
But I soon realized I was wrong and found myself incapable of laying this book aside.
It is immensely intelligently written, highly topical and educative. I feel enriched to have learnt so much more about the history of the women's movement in the USA, and, most importantly, cannot wait to learn more (about its history in Europe).
Imho an essential read, much like Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road. One of those books that make your heart race with joy simply for reading it (even when it covers the most rage-stirring and unjust inequities) and that leaves you deeply inspired (also to casually slip your new knowledge into every conversation, "Did you know this?").
Few of the facts laid out in this book are particularly surprising, but it is nonetheless (or even more so) refreshing to see them newly condensed, put into context, and most importantly, directed to implications and a cause that is relatable and necessary and suddenly feels very real and attainable.
I know I am supposed to express my rage after reading Good and Mad, and I most probably will, but I am also deeply delighted to have read it.
All the praise for Rebecca Traister is most definitely justified.
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Wonderfully curated history and analysis of female activism. Not sure I learned anything profoundly new since I've explored the topic before, but the information is presented in a clear and inspiring way. Everyone should read this, especially right now. It's not a new book, but it's just as relevant right now, perhaps even more. Let's get mad.
Women and femmes,
If you need permission to add fuel to your flame read this now. Don’t let the ridicule for your rage cause you to put away your pussy hat and sit complacently by.
If you need permission to add fuel to your flame read this now. Don’t let the ridicule for your rage cause you to put away your pussy hat and sit complacently by.
“And so its is not only women who must change our behaviors; it’s the system built to suppress our ire, and thus our power, by design. We can change it by protesting and marching and calling and sending postcards; by donating money and knocking on doors for candidates running for office, and making demands of our government and in our workplaces, on behalf of ourselves, and crucially, alongside and on behalf of those with more reason to be furious and less ability to leverage that fury than we have.
But more immediately, we can change it by doing what the world does not do: by acknowledging, paying attention to; respecting, not shying away from other women’s anger. Seek it out, notice it, ask women what makes them angry and then listen to them when they tell you.”
But more immediately, we can change it by doing what the world does not do: by acknowledging, paying attention to; respecting, not shying away from other women’s anger. Seek it out, notice it, ask women what makes them angry and then listen to them when they tell you.”
The book recounts the events of the last few years of #metoo and the media. It also gives a brief history of women's movements and female anger in the United States.
At times, it was difficult to read this book because of my emotions that would surface but by the end I found myself refreshed. Traister offers a lot of insight on rage in society and I had the opportunity to assess my own feelings. I highly recommend it and will likely read it again.
At times, it was difficult to read this book because of my emotions that would surface but by the end I found myself refreshed. Traister offers a lot of insight on rage in society and I had the opportunity to assess my own feelings. I highly recommend it and will likely read it again.