Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger

Written by:
Rebecca Traister
Narrated by:
Rebecca Traister

Unabridged Audiobook

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Book
22
Narrator
5
Release Date
October 2018
Duration
10 hours 37 minutes
Summary
*Updated with a new introduction*

Journalist Rebecca Traister’s New York Times bestselling exploration of the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement is “a hopeful, maddening compendium of righteous feminine anger, and the good it can do when wielded efficiently—and collectively” (Vanity Fair).

Long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women’s March, and before the #MeToo movement, women’s anger was not only politically catalytic—but politically problematic. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates its crucial role in women’s slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men.

“Urgent, enlightened…realistic and compelling…Traister eloquently highlights the challenge of blaming not just forces and systems, but individuals” (The Washington Post). In Good and Mad, Traister tracks the history of female anger as political fuel—from suffragettes marching on the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. Traister explores women’s anger at both men and other women; anger between ideological allies and foes; the varied ways anger is received based on who’s expressing it; and the way women’s collective fury has become transformative political fuel. She deconstructs society’s (and the media’s) condemnation of female emotion (especially rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions.

Highlighting a double standard perpetuated against women by all sexes, and its disastrous, stultifying effect, Good and Mad is “perfectly timed and inspiring” (People, Book of the Week). This “admirably rousing narrative” (The Atlantic) offers a glimpse into the galvanizing force of women’s collective anger, which, when harnessed, can change history.
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Aukje V.

Even as a European woman this book is highly empowering, impressive and freeing. It flips the context of women's anger and makes you readdress al the moments in your life you swallowed your intense energies. I have always appreciated my anger as a guiding force but it indeed alienated me from others now and then. I experienced this book as an important, historical masterpiece, written (and read) in a way that asks full engagement of its readers. Rebecca reads beautiful and pretty fast, which is challenging when English is not your native tongue. Also the amount of name references is a little distracting now and then, being non-American, and made me want to listen to the book twice. Thank you for writing this book Rebecca!

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