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“The Anger of Women is an Earth-shattering Thing”: Lidia Yuknavitch on Resisting the Hero Narrative and the Body as a Generator of Stories.

by Jane Ratcliffe March 12, 2020December 16, 2022

“I’m going to say a blasphemous thing, which is we are so fucking done with the hero’s journey. It has been to our peril.”

Posted inNonfiction

Demonology: A Woman’s Right to Fury

by Longreads June 10, 2019February 24, 2023

In an excerpt from her new book, Darcey Steinke investigates — and debunks — the demonization of anger within the female body.

Posted inFeature, Nonfiction, Quotes

Taking Cents, Making Sense of a Broken Family

by Katie Kosma May 1, 2019October 19, 2022

Sari Botton turns to petty – incredibly petty – theft after her family life hits the fan.

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story

Father of Disorder

by Jessica Wilbanks November 12, 2018October 19, 2022

One woman finds insight into her father’s rage in the scientific concept of entropy.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

A Prescription for Forgetting

by Diane Mehta September 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Diane Mehta tries to manage anxiety with meditation that requires her to discard all her memories.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

A Prescription for Forgetting

by Diane Mehta September 21, 2018October 19, 2022

Diane Mehta tries to manage anxiety with meditation that requires her to discard all her memories.

Posted inEditor's Pick

I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not Anymore.

by Sari Botton January 18, 2018October 19, 2022

An essay examining women’s long-standing conditioning away from owning and expressing anger, instead often sublimating their rage in sadness, which has historically been more acceptable.

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