Soraya Chemaly

***A BEST BOOK OF 2018 SELECTION*** NPR * The Washington Post * Book Riot * Autostraddle * Psychology Today ***A BEST FEMINIST BOOK SELECTION*** Refinery 29, Book Riot, Autostraddle, BITCH Rage Becomes Her is an “utterly eye opening” (Bustle) book that gives voice to the causes, expressions, and possibilities of female rage. As women, we’ve been urged for so long to bottle up our anger, letting it corrode our bodies and minds in ways we don’t even realize. Yet there are so, so many legitimate reasons for us to feel angry, ranging from blatant, horrifying acts of misogyny to the subtle drip, drip drip of daily sexism that reinforces the absurdly damaging gender norms of our society. In Rage Becomes Her, Soraya Chemaly argues that our anger is not only justified, it is also an active part of the solution. We are so often encouraged to resist our rage or punished for justifiably expressing it, yet how many remarkable achievements would never have gotten off the ground without the kernel of anger that fueled them? Approached with conscious intention, anger is a vital instrument, a 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—one we can no longer abide. “A work of great spirit and verve” (Time), Rage Becomes Her is a validating, energizing read that will change the way you interact with the world around you.

The Power of Women's Anger

Rage Becomes Her

A conversation-shifting book urging 21st-century women to understand their anger, embrace its power, and use it as a tool for positive change '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. After all, women have a lot to be angry about.' GLORIA STEINEM Women are angry, and it isn't hard to figure out why. We are underpaid, overworked, thwarted and diminished. The assertive among us are labelled bitches, while the expressive among us are considered shrill. We are told to stand down when we have an opinion and to calm down when we are fired up. And when we somehow manage to put one high heel-battered foot in front of the other despite all of this, we're asked if it would kill us to smile. We are mad as hell, and that's completely okay. Because contrary to the endless barrage of self-help rhetoric about anger management and letting go, the reality is that our rage is the most important resource we have as women, a force for creation rather than destruction, our sharpest tool against both personal and political oppression. Anger is not what gets in our way, it is our way. All we need to do is own it. This is a pitch perfect, engaging, and accessible credo written by one of today's most influential feminists. Analysing female anger as it relates to topics like self-worth, objectification, pain, care, fear, silence, and denial, Soraya illuminates how and why we repress our anger, revealing the harm that this causes, and helping us recognise the liberating power of owning our anger and marshalling it as a vital tool for positive change. Just as Quiet brought about a new embrace of introversion, Rage Becomes Her will bring about an embrace of feminine anger that will leave women feeling liberated, inspired and connected to an entire universe of women who are no longer interested in making nice.

Frauen haben in unserer Gesellschaft allen Grund, wütend zu sein – Sexismus, Diskriminierung, Misogynie –, aber zornige Frauen gelten als hysterisch, und so schweigen sie. Bis jetzt. Die US-amerikanische Aktivistin Soraya Chemaly zeigt in ihrem aufrüttelnden Buch, welche befreiende Kraft in weiblicher Wut steckt. Gleichbehandlung ist bis heute inexistent: Mädchen sollen artig sein, Jungen durchsetzungsfähig. Frauen werden im Berufsalltag doppelt so oft unterbrochen wie ihre Kollegen. Bei gleichen Symptomen bekommen Männer Schmerzmittel – und Frauen Beruhigungsmittel. Anhand von Fakten und persönlichen Erlebnissen veranschaulicht Chemaly, wie die Erfahrung von Sexismus sich in Psyche und Körper von Frauen einschreibt und zu einer tiefsitzenden Wut wird. In Speak out! plädiert Chemaly für eine radikale Neubewertung weiblicher Wut: Richtig eingesetzt, kann sie zu einer mächtigen Waffe gegen persönliche und politische Unterdrückung werden und uns helfen, die Welt zu verändern.

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El Poder Del Enojo Femenino para Cambiar el Mundo

Rabia Somos Todas

Un libro di trasformazione che esorta le donne del ventunesimo secolo ad abbracciare la loro rabbia e a usarla come strumento per un duraturo cambiamento personale e sociale. Le donne sono arrabbiate e non è difficile capire perché. Siamo sottopagate e lavoriamo troppo. Troppo sensibili o non abbastanza. Troppo dimesse o troppo appariscenti. Troppo grasse o troppo magre. Puttane o puritane. Se veniamo molestate, ci dicono che ce la siamo cercata e ci chiedono se è così difficile fare un sorriso. (Sì, lo è). Nonostante ci sia stato detto il contrario per tutta la vita, la rabbia è una delle risorse più importanti che abbiamo, il nostro strumento più acuminato contro l’oppressione sia personale che politica. Ci è stato ripetuto per molto tempo di reprimerla, lasciando che corroda i nostri corpi e le nostre menti in modi che nemmeno immaginiamo. Eppure questo sentimento è uno strumento vitale, il nostro radar per l’ingiustizia e un catalizzatore per il cambiamento. E, viceversa, la critica sociale e culturale verso la nostra rabbia è un astuto modo di limitare e controllare il nostro potere. La rabbia ti fa bella sostiene che questo sentimento fa parte di noi, e che comprendere fino in fondo una delle nostre emozioni più importanti ci darà un grande senso di liberazione e ci connetterà a un intero universo di donne non più interessate a essere compiacenti a tutti i costi. Sulla scia di classici manifesti femministi, La rabbia ti fa bella è un libro avvincente e accessibile che apre gli occhi alle donne del XXI secolo.

La rabbia ti fa bella

Las mujeres están furiosas y no es difícil adivinar por qué. O somos demasiado sensibles o no lo suficiente. O vamos mal vestidas o demasiado arregladas. O estamos demasiado gordas o demasiado delgadas. O somos zorras o puritanas. Se nos acosa, se nos dice que lo vamos pidiendo a gritos y se nos pregunta si acaso nos vamos a morir si sonreímos. Pues sí, precisamente de eso se trata. Contrariamente a la retórica de la autoayuda divulgativa y a lo que llevamos toda la vida oyendo, la furia es uno de nuestros recursos más importantes, una afilada herramienta para luchar contra la opresión política y personal. Durante mucho tiempo se nos ha dicho que debíamos reprimir nuestra ira mientras dejábamos que corroyera nuestros cuerpos y mentes, pero lo cierto es que la furia no es algo que se interponga en nuestro camino, es nuestro camino. Siguiendo los pasos de manifiestos feministas clásicos como La mística de la feminidad y Nuestros cuerpos, nuestras vidas, Enfurecidas es un libro revelador dirigido a la mujer del siglo XXI: constituye un interesante y accesible credo que nos ofrece las herramientas para que reinterpretemos nuestra furia y nos sirvamos de su poder para generar un cambio positivo duradero.

Soraya Chemaly

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