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Rage Becomes Her
- The Power of Women's Anger
- Narrated by: Soraya Chemaly
- Length: 11 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
“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 transformative audiobook urging 21st-century women to embrace their anger and harness it as a tool for lasting personal and societal change.
Women are angry, and it isn’t hard to figure out why.
We are underpaid and overworked. Too sensitive or not sensitive enough. Too dowdy or too made-up. Too big or too thin. Sluts or prudes. We are harassed, told we are asking for it, and asked if it would kill us to smile. Yes, yes it would.
Contrary to the rhetoric of popular “self-help” and an entire lifetime of being told otherwise, our rage is one of the most important resources we have, our sharpest tool against both personal and political oppression. We’ve been told for so long to bottle up our anger, letting it corrode our bodies and minds in ways we don’t even realize. Yet our anger is a vital instrument, our radar for injustice and a catalyst for change. On the flip side, the societal and cultural belittlement of our anger is a cunning way of limiting and controlling our power.
We are so often told to resist our rage or punished for justifiably expressing it, yet how many remarkable achievements in this world would never have gotten off the ground without the kernel of anger that fueled them? Rage Becomes Her makes the case that anger is not what gets in our way, it is our way, sparking a new understanding of one of our core emotions that will give women a liberating sense of why their anger matters and connect them to an entire universe of women no longer interested in making nice at all costs.
Following in the footsteps of classic feminist manifestos like The Feminine Mystique and Our Bodies, Ourselves, Rage Becomes Her is an eye-opening audiobook for the 21st-century woman: an engaging, accessible credo offering us the tools to re-understand our anger and harness its power to create lasting positive change.
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- Heather D.
- 29-08-19
Accessible, important and uplifting.
This book has been quite literally life changing for me. As a first foray into feminist literature, it didn’t disappoint. It tackled many important points from the perspective of women’s anger and served as a call to action that is impossible to ignore.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-09-19
This book has helped me so much
Illuminating and informative and rigorously written and researched. This book is incredibly helpful for those who suppress anger or miss understand it or simply want to learn more about a myriad of emotional censorship means and effects meted out to women in society both historically and today. If I had a daughter I would want to both read this myself to prepare and parent and also for her to read this and to discuss it with her.
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- Paul Garland
- 21-09-19
a must-listen for anyone who is or loves a woman
A well-presented and powerful message for men, parents, businesses, women, politicians- anyone who is curious about why and how women occupy and respond to society around them. It seemed deeply researched, packed full of 90% facts and 10% anecdotes to support the thesis that we/society denies females- babies, children, adults, all women- the opportunity to use rage to express powerful feelings of anger, and that this suppression is killing those women, damaging their physical and mental health, and damaging the lives of those around them. If I were an alien from.another society, it would make truly depressing reading, but as a woman and mother it is jubilant to hear lived experience- so often gaslighted by anyone who might listen, and certainly wider media- validated so clearly by evidence. Thank you Soraya for a powerful book that has helped open up my relationship with my powerful, expressive daughter, and with myself.
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- Alice
- 03-02-21
Eye Opening and A Must Read
My Husband and I have started a monthly book club and this was my choice for this past month.
It’s been a brilliant read for us both, and my husband found it really eye opening and opened up a range of topics for discussion. Although most of it has delivered a positive outcome, my only note when reading this is to remember a lot of it is opinion and the topic of women is so large it can’t cover everyone. I had to keep reminding myself and my husband that it’s not a one size fits all experience. Some women like to be submissive and some women like to be dominant - each to their own. For example: some women post on Instagram for male gratification where as some women post for themselves and don’t need that verification from men or women. So it’s important to keep this in mind which I wish the author would reiterate. Other than that, brilliant book and I would 100% recommend others to listen or read.
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- Andrew
- 11-12-23
Should be compulsory reading for all women (and men)
This has been the most eye opening, light bulb moment of books for me. It’s everything I feel and know deep down explained with beautiful clarity and engagingly illustrated with examples. She provides the why and goes deeper citing the evidence, which leaves you equally horrified and angry at the reality of the unjust world we live. I have told every woman I know about this book and will be encouraging the men in my life to read it too
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- Anonymous User
- 16-01-24
Must read!!!
Good performance and importantly awakening. Empowering, heartfelt and gives good explanation why women are still dominated by the patriarchy. This book found me in perfekt time. I had been looking for it without knowing.
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- Flashbert
- 31-08-24
A must read to all
Brilliant book! A must read that shines light in society’s perception of women’s reaction to injustice
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-07-24
I knew the research
I loved that this was framed through the legitimate expression of women's anger
It was cathartic !
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- AK
- 16-07-21
Loved every second of it!
This book made me feel all kinds of emotions. Anger, unsurprisingly, in particular, when some specific cases and experiences were mentioned. I really loved this book and highly recommend it!
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- Birtha
- 06-02-22
The most insightful book I have ever read in regards to womens tone policing.
This book will forever change my outlook of my own rage and anger, I feel motivated to channel my energy into change. More so than ever before.
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