Burn it Down : : Women Writing About Anger

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Call Number: 305.42 Bu, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Gender Studies / Burn it down
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Introduction / Lilly Dancyger -- Lungs full of burning / Leslie Jamison -- The one emotion Black women are free to explore / Monet Patrice Thomas -- My body is a sickness called anger / Lisa Marie Basile -- Rebel girl / Melissa Febos -- Why we cry when we're angry / Marissa Korbel -- On transfeminine anger / Samantha Riedel -- Unbought and unbossed / Evette Dionne -- Guilty / Erin Khar -- Hangry women / Rowan Hisayo Buchanan -- Enojada / Rios de la Luz -- A girl, dancing / Nina St. Pierre -- My name and my voice / Reema Zaman -- Inherited anger / Marisa Siegel -- On the back burner / Dani Boss -- "Basic Math" / Meredith Talusan -- The color of being Muslim / Shaheen Pasha -- Homegrown anger / Lisa Factora-Borchers -- Crimes against the soul / Sheryl Ring -- For women who grew up on eggshells / Minda Honey -- No more room for fear / Megan Stielstra -- Going to war with myself / Keah Brown -- So now what? / Anna Fitzpatrick.
"Women are furious, and we're not keeping it to ourselves any longer. We're expected to be composed and compliant, but in a world that would strip us of our rights, disparage our contributions, and deny us a seat at the table of authority, we're no longer willing to quietly seethe behind tight smiles. We're ready to burn it all down. In this ferocious collection of essays, twenty-two writers explore how anger has shaped their lives: author of the New York Times bestseller The Empathy Exams Leslie Jamison confesses that she used to insist she wasn't angry--until she learned that she was; Melissa Febos, author of the Lambda Literary Award-winning memoir Abandon Me, writes about how she discovered that anger can be an instrument of power; editor-in-chief of Bitch Media Evette Dionne dismantles the 'angry Black woman' stereotype; and more. Broad-ranging and cathartic, Burn It Down is essential reading for any woman who has scorched with rage--and is ready to claim her right to express it." -- Jacket.

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An Angry Women Writes a Review submitted by LMahlmeister on August 6, 2021, 9:07am This book was so good, that after I returned it to the AADL I immediately bought myself a copy and re-read it, highlighter in hand. The title is pretty straightforward as to what the book entails, and the 22 essays it contains are well-written and explore the intricacies of female anger from every perspective. This is one of those books that should be required reading. It pairs well with "Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men" by Caroline Criado Perez.