Rebecca Traister is writer at large for New York magazine and a contributing editor at Elle. She deconstructs societys (and the medias) condemnation of female emotion (notably, rage) and the impact of their resulting repercussions. Here Traister explores womens anger at both men and other women anger between ideological allies and foes the varied ways anger is perceived based on its owner as well as the history of caricaturing and delegitimizing female anger and the way womens collective fury has become transformative political fuelas is most certainly occurring today. With eloquence and fervor, Rebecca tracks the history of female anger as political fuel from suffragettes marching on the White House to office workers vacating their buildings after Clarence Thomas was confirmed to the Supreme Court. The story of female fury and its cultural significance demonstrates the long history of bitter resentment that has enshrouded women's slow rise to political power in America, as well as the ways that anger is received when it comes from women as opposed to when it comes from men. But long before Pantsuit Nation, before the Women's March, and before the #MeToo movement, women's anger was not only politically catalyticbut politically problematic. In the year 2018, it seems as if womens anger has suddenly erupted into the public conversation. Be sure to bring your student ID to the event to check-in*įrom Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital, incisive exploration into the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement. *Loyola Students can sign up for this event for free HERE. If you purchase a book with your ticket, you will pick up your copy at the event.*

*Attendees must have a copy of GOOD AND MAD in order to join the book signing line. This event is co-sponsored by Loyola Unviersity Chicago's Women's Studies & Gender Studies program, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year alongside Women & Children First. This event will be held at Wilson Abbey (935 W. Women & Children First in partnership with Loyola University Chicago's Women's Studies & Gender Studies Program is thrilled to welcome Rebecca Traister to Chicago for a conversation with Megan Stielstra about Traister's most recent book, GOOD AND MAD: THE REVOLUTIONARY POWER OF WOMEN'S ANGER-new in paperback!

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