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This week the Real Friends get mad with Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly. We're talking about why we teach women to suppress their anger, the times we've misidentified our own anger, and all the ways it plays out in our lives today.   

*TW for sexual assault and harassment; eating disorders and body image issues* 

Some light reading from Fast Company (8 min read)  

If you want a truly equitable workplace, you must get over fear of conflict by Mimi Fox Melton and Karla Monterroso  

Minority girls are disproportionately punished for their anger, beginning as early as kindergarten. Find a grassroots organization near you working to dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline and get involved. Until then, consider a monthly donation to Gideon's Army in Nashville. Find them online atgideonsarmyunited.org.   

Rage Becomes Her in one sentence:  

• Courtney: Being a woman is hard work in the world we live in, and I’m ready to let the men out there know.  
• Mary Paige: Let’s  transform our anger into meaningful change so we can burn brighter than the sun 
• Erica: True Life: The *patriarchy tried to silence my anger, too! (*white supremacist)  

Read along with us! Here's what's next:  

• 7/20: Dead Until Dark 
• 8/3: People We Meet on Vacation 
• 8/17: How to Do Nothing