I was a little underwhelmed with this one. Traister clearly values centering intersectional feminism in her work, and I think she succeeds there. I just didn’t find the idea that women get mad and that anger propels social change to be a very revelatory thesis. It felt like she essentially wanted to write a book about the state of present-day feminism and that anger was just the angle she chose to look at that from. But much of it felt so recent and familiar that I found myself skimming more than reading. I also went into this book on the heels of learning more about the white women of “massive resistance” who protested against school desegregation in the 50’s. I was curious to see whether Traister would address complexities like these to women’s anger being used politically, and was disappointed to see that she largely didn’t. To me, it felt that she mostly chose simplification over nuance, and breadth over depth, creating a narrative that views women’s anger as essentially progressive, righteous, and altruistic throughout American history. As a citizen, and as a woman with complexities of my own, I personally found that approach unsatisfying. But the book did get me thinking more deeply about the moment we are living in and my personal experiences with anger. Traister is a thinker to watch and I am glad to have been introduced to her work.