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Advance Praise for RAGE BECOMES HER by Soraya Chemaly In this powerful essay collection, Chemaly draws on interviews, research, and personal experience to examine why patriarchal Western cultures continue to demand that women silence their rage ...Intelligent and keenly observed, this is a bracingly liberating call for the right of women to own their anger and use it to benefit a society 'at risk for authoritarianism.' Important, timely, necessary reading. --Kirkus (starred review) How many women cry when angry because we've held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her will be good for women, and for the future of this country. After all, women have a lot to be angry about. --Gloria Steinem This explosive, vital and unapologetic book lifts the lid on a hugely important but little-discussed aspect of gender inequality. With skill, wit and sharp insight, Chemaly peels back layers of cultural norms and repression to lay bare the reality of women's rage. She joins the dots to trace the connections between misogyny, violence and the repression of female anger. She weaves a path that takes us from pornography to the playground, media to medicine. This book should make you furious. It is a battle cry for women's right to rage: teaching us that we have every right to be angry, and demanding that the world pays attention to that anger. --Laura Bates, author of Girl Up and Everyday Sexism Women's anger is the last taboo. In this provocative examination of the forbidden, hidden emotion, Soraya Chemaly asks 'What do we lose, personally and as a society, by not listening to women's anger or respecting it?' Answer: the true voice of half of humanity. If you want to understand why #Metoo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, poet and columnist, author of Learning To Drive: And Other Life Stories Soraya Chemaly turns her rigorous compassion, scrupulous fairness, and microscopically sharp clarity of thought on our culture's forced suppression of female anger...Our world will never be the same. And, yes, that's a threat. --Lindy West, New York Times bestselling author of Shrill: Notes from a Loud Woman Soraya Chemaly issues a powerful clarion call to women to speak our truth and own our righteous anger during a time when nothing less than our rage will set us free. --Jamia Wilson, Executive Director and Publisher, The Feminist Press If you want to understand why #MeToo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, author of Learning to Drive With every chapter I felt more power flooding in where fear and shame once were. This is a book that could change your life, and the world. --Jaclyn Friedman, author of Unscrewed

Advance Praise for RAGE BECOMES HER The Power of Women's Anger by Soraya Chemaly: This explosive, vital and unapologetic book lifts the lid on a hugely important but little-discussed aspect of gender inequality. With skill, wit and sharp insight, Chemaly peels back layers of cultural norms and repression to lay bare the reality of women's rage. She joins the dots to trace the connections between misogyny, violence and the repression of female anger. She weaves a path that takes us from pornography to the playground, media to medicine. This book should make you furious. It is a battle cry for women's right to rage: teaching us that we have every right to be angry, and demanding that the world pays attention to that anger. --Laura Bates, author of Girl Up and Everyday Sexism Women's anger is the last taboo. In this provocative examination of the forbidden, hidden emotion, Soraya Chemaly asks 'What do we lose, personally and as a society, by not listening to women's anger or respecting it?' Answer: the true voice of half of humanity. If you want to understand why #Metoo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, poet and columnist, author of Learning To Drive: And Other Life Stories How many women cry when angry because we've held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her will be good for women, and for the future of this country. After all, women have a lot to be angry about. --Gloria Steinem

Advance Praise for RAGE BECOMES HER by Soraya Chemaly In this powerful essay collection, Chemaly draws on interviews, research, and personal experience to examine why patriarchal Western cultures continue to demand that women silence their rage ...Intelligent and keenly observed, this is a bracingly liberating call for the right of women to own their anger and use it to benefit a society 'at risk for authoritarianism.' Important, timely, necessary reading. --Kirkus (starred review) How many women cry when angry because we've held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her will be good for women, and for the future of this country. After all, women have a lot to be angry about. --Gloria Steinem This explosive, vital and unapologetic book lifts the lid on a hugely important but little-discussed aspect of gender inequality. With skill, wit and sharp insight, Chemaly peels back layers of cultural norms and repression to lay bare the reality of women's rage. She joins the dots to trace the connections between misogyny, violence and the repression of female anger. She weaves a path that takes us from pornography to the playground, media to medicine. This book should make you furious. It is a battle cry for women's right to rage: teaching us that we have every right to be angry, and demanding that the world pays attention to that anger. --Laura Bates, author of Girl Up and Everyday Sexism Women's anger is the last taboo. In this provocative examination of the forbidden, hidden emotion, Soraya Chemaly asks 'What do we lose, personally and as a society, by not listening to women's anger or respecting it?' Answer: the true voice of half of humanity. If you want to understand why #Metoo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, poet and columnist, author of Learning To Drive Soraya Chemaly turns her rigorous compassion, scrupulous fairness, and microscopically sharp clarity of thought on our culture's forced suppression of female anger...Our world will never be the same. And, yes, that's a threat. --Lindy West, New York Times bestselling author of Shrill Soraya Chemaly issues a powerful clarion call to women to speak our truth and own our righteous anger during a time when nothing less than our rage will set us free. --Jamia Wilson, Executive Director and Publisher, The Feminist Press If you want to understand why #MeToo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, author of Learning to Drive With every chapter I felt more power flooding in where fear and shame once were. This is a book that could change your life, and the world. --Jaclyn Friedman, author of Unscrewed Men should read this book to understand women; women should read this book to understand themselves. Rage Becomes Her could save your life. --Robin Morgan, author

Advance Praise for RAGE BECOMES HER by Soraya Chemaly In this powerful essay collection, Chemaly draws on interviews, research, and personal experience to examine why patriarchal Western cultures continue to demand that women silence their rage ...Intelligent and keenly observed, this is a bracingly liberating call for the right of women to own their anger and use it to benefit a society 'at risk for authoritarianism.' Important, timely, necessary reading. --Kirkus (starred review) How many women cry when angry because we've held it in for so long? How many discover that anger turned inward is depression? Soraya Chemaly's Rage Becomes Her will be good for women, and for the future of this country. After all, women have a lot to be angry about. --Gloria Steinem [A] thoughtful, in-depth exploration of female rage...An essential and timely read...Invaluable and eye-opening. --Booklist (starred review) This explosive, vital and unapologetic book lifts the lid on a hugely important but little-discussed aspect of gender inequality. With skill, wit and sharp insight, Chemaly peels back layers of cultural norms and repression to lay bare the reality of women's rage. She joins the dots to trace the connections between misogyny, violence and the repression of female anger. She weaves a path that takes us from pornography to the playground, media to medicine. This book should make you furious. It is a battle cry for women's right to rage: teaching us that we have every right to be angry, and demanding that the world pays attention to that anger. --Laura Bates, author of Girl Up and Everyday Sexism If you think Senator Warren persisted, meet Soraya Chemaly and her latest book, Rage Becomes Her...Men should read the book and the women in their lives must insist that they do so...Chemaly's book is giving voice to how women's voices have been suppressed. This book needs to be read. --New York Journal of Books A timely, politically charged account of what it means to be an American woman today... For feminists, sociologists, and politically involved readers. --Library Journal In this breathtakingly (or maybe I should say breathgivingly...because it will literally make you feel like you can breathe again) liberating book, Soraya Chemaly breaks down the myriad ways that women are silenced, ignored, disrespected, dehumanized, and generally spat upon by the patriarchy...It's one of the best feminist books I've ever read and the first I will recommend the next time someone asks me why I'm a feminist. --BookRiot Women's anger is the last taboo. In this provocative examination of the forbidden, hidden emotion, Soraya Chemaly asks 'What do we lose, personally and as a society, by not listening to women's anger or respecting it?' Answer: the true voice of half of humanity. If you want to understand why #Metoo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, poet and columnist, author of Learning To Drive Soraya Chemaly turns her rigorous compassion, scrupulous fairness, and microscopically sharp clarity of thought on our culture's forced suppression of female anger...Our world will never be the same. And, yes, that's a threat. --Lindy West, New York Times bestselling author of Shrill Soraya Chemaly issues a powerful clarion call to women to speak our truth and own our righteous anger during a time when nothing less than our rage will set us free. --Jamia Wilson, Executive Director and Publisher, The Feminist Press If you want to understand why #MeToo has swept the country, you need to read this book. --Katha Pollitt, author of Learning to Drive With every chapter I felt more power flooding in where fear and shame once were. This is a book that could change your life, and the world. --Jaclyn Friedman, author of Unscrewed Men should read this book to understand women; women should read this book to understand themselves. Rage Becomes Her could save your life. --Robin Morgan, author

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Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion, and media. She is the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women's freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. A prolific writer and speaker, her articles appear in Time, the Verge, The Guardian, The Nation, HuffPost, and The Atlantic. Follow her on Twitter at @SChemaly and learn more at SorayaChemaly.com.

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