Laura Bates, author of Girl Up and Everyday Sexism 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.' She weaves a path that takes us from pornography to the playground, media to medicine. She joins the dots to trace the connections between misogyny, violence and the repression of female anger. With skill, wit and sharp insight, Chemaly peels back layers of cultural norms and repression to lay bare the reality of women's rage. 'This explosive, vital and unapologetic book lifts the lid on a hugely important but little-discussed aspect of gender inequality.

If life as a modern woman is maddening, then Rage is a sanity-restorer.' And she provides scientific evidence to back up her ideas. She takes the reader through a woman's life, from infancy to adulthood, highlighting the systemic ways female rage is suppressed, diverted or minimalised.

' Rage is a battle-cry of a book, drawing on all corner of contemporary life, from media to education and medicine. The result is both relentless and revelatory.' 'Rather than dwell on how female rage is received, Chemaly presents a thoroughgoing assessment of its causes: an account, organized thematically, of the private and public abuse, bias, and discrimination faced by women. Written with energy and conviction, these celebrations of the galvanic possibilities of anger make for galvanizing reading.' 'A biting polemic that points to the pressures that women in sexist society face in common, even as those pressures are borne differently and unequally in different communities. 'A timely indictment of the way our society treats women's anger.' ' thoughtful, in-depth exploration of female rage.An essential and timely read.Invaluable and eye-opening. After all, women have a lot to be angry about.' '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. 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) '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. Praise for RAGE BECOMES HER by Soraya Chemaly

Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly