"... and furious at the legal system that let men like him drink freely to the detriment of women, children, and society at large. Although her means were unusual and her desired ends unfashionable, she was representative of a recurring figure in American history: the woman whose activism is fuelled by anger. Such women are much in the news today,...
Showing posts with label emotional politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label emotional politics. Show all posts
Monday, 8 October 2018
Friday, 5 October 2018
Slate: "The Kavanaugh Hearings Have Women Fired Up… to Vote Republican."
The article, here, is by Ruth Graham.The titanic anger of progressive women has been a dominant theme in the media since President Trump’s surprise victory over Hillary Clinton two years ago. Two major books about female rage have been published this fall, including Good and Mad by writer and reporter Rebecca Traister. “This political moment has provoked...
"To think, just a few short weeks ago, we were getting lectured about how unfair, sexist, and racist it was to judge a woman for expressing anger during a tennis game."
Wrote Lyssa in the comments to yesterday's post "The intemperance of the law professors' 'judicial temperament' letter."I had to go back to see what I'd written about Serena Williams back on September 9th:I felt that Williams was trying — very hard — to intimidate the umpire. She was actively bullying him. Hey! That reminds me of Trump. People say...
Tuesday, 2 October 2018
At the Afternoon Café...
... I couldn't get to everything I'd wanted this morning. I'd meant to work my way through "'The trauma for a man': Male fury and fear rises in GOP in defense of Kavanaugh" (WaPo), and I've got a lot more to say about stoking the fear of masculine anger and the fear of fear....
"There's really no point in risking injury, if the result of a fight is predictable."
I'm quoting Sir David Attenborough, transcribed from a video at "When a hippo is angry, even other hippos get out of the way/Hippos are huge and possess powerful teeth, so real fights are rare because the risk of injury is so great" (BBC).I stumbled into that after beginning the day posting about the death of Peggy Sue Gerron, which felt off because...
