Will I love Rage Becomes Her?

This book gave me permission to embrace and harness my anger as a tool for change. Chemaly’s exploration of how society suppresses women’s anger—and why we must reclaim it—is profound and eye-opening.

Her writing is sharp, relatable, and filled with research that helps contextualize why our anger is not only valid but vital. It left me feeling more equipped to channel my emotions into meaningful action.

Women have been told, likely from time immemorial, to keep their anger under wraps or, even better, to not feel angry in the first place.

But what if our anger isn’t the unhealthy, unhelpful, ugly thing we’ve been told that it is? What if, as Chemaly suggests, our anger is the very thing we require if we want to pursue and achieve equality and justice, for women and for society more broadly?

Which is a lot like a question I ask in my book: What if anger is actually women’s superpower?

We’ve all experienced that unnerving moment when someone (usually a man) tells us to calm down when every inch of our body screams, “This is not okay!” In this book, the author argues that female rage is and always has been one of the most powerful forces for necessary change, and it’s one that the patriarchy works hard to tamp down.

I loved the way this author worked to convey the message that women are rightfully enraged by the injustices they experience on a day-to-day basis and rather than covering up that rage or calling it sadness or… show more.