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The Hysterical, Unhinged, Righteous, Necessary Force of Female Rage
Rebecca Traister’s latest book, Good and Mad, makes the case for honoring the anger of women everywhere.
Illustration: Tara Booth
I am an Angry Woman and proud of it.
By outing myself, I’m jeopardizing my career—when women express anger at work, they lose status, wages, and are viewed as less competent, research has found. I also risk coming off as unlikable, a scold, hysterical, and unhinged. And I can expect even more men, unsolicited, to tell me to smile.