All kinds of ugly words are reserved for women who show anger. Where others see female anger as something to fear or reject, Soraya Chemaly sees strength, even opportunity.

Ch. 3: Historical examples of political organizing around women's rage - Past/Present - Air Date 10-8-18

Rage as a driving force behind organizing for social change and historical examples of how this plays out

Ch. 4: Rebecca Traister on women’s rage as the seed for organizing for change - The Ezra Klein Show - Air Date 10-3-18

When is anger constructive and important? Can it tie us together, rather than just pulling us apart? Rebecca Traister explains anger as an organizing tool.

Ch. 5: Brittney Cooper, author of "Eloquent Rage" on how her rage gives her power - In the Thick - Air Date 7-2-18

Brittney Cooper explains how she went from rejecting the idea that she was angry to embracing it and harnessing it to make her work better

Ch. 6: Serena Williams & the policing of anger - @EdgeofSports w Dave Zirin - Air Date 9-16-18

This week we speak to Soraya Chemaly, author of the new book “Rage Becomes Her” about Serena Williams, Title IX, and how our society monitors women’s anger, particularly black women.

Ch. 7: Rebecca Traister - How “Good and Mad” Women Continually Reshape America - The Daily Show - Air Date 11-6-18

Rebecca Traister explains how women’s anger has historically been a catalyst for social change and how people can better listen and respond to women’s anger.

VOICEMAILS

Ch. 10: I don't understand how people can believe Trump's rhetoric - Cindy from Pennsylvania

Ch. 11: Generational divide on public voter history - Jeff from Charlotte, NC

Ch. 12: Final comments on three different types of privacy and how we should deal with each for the betterment of society

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0:35.7	And now, welcome to this episode of the award-winning Best of Left podcast in which we shall learn
0:40.5	about the gendered nature of anger and how the anger of women is feared as a potentially
0:45.8	revolutionary force.
0:47.6	Clips today come from start making sense, in deep with Angie Coyro, past present, the
0:53.5	Ezra Klein show, in the thick edge of sports radio, and the daily show.
1:03.3	Her new book is the political book of the year, at least for me.
1:07.5	It's called Good and Mad, the revolutionary power of women's anger.
1:12.4	Rebecca Tracer, welcome to the program.
1:14.6	Thanks so much for having me, John.
1:16.1	The New York Times page one headline about Brett Kavanaugh's testimony last Thursday
1:22.2	read quote, a nominee is rescued by a display of rage.
1:28.2	I wonder if you have any comment on that.
1:30.5	Yeah, one of the things I write about in the book is whose rage is taken seriously in
1:35.3	America as politically valid, politically consequential, as sort of reflectively righteous.
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