Interview | Soraya Chemaly

Atria, 2018

Autumn and Kendra talk with Soraya Chemaly about her latest book Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger.

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Books Mentioned

• Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly

  Soraya Recommends

• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper

• Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca Traister

• The Power by Naomi Alderman

• Florida by Lauren Groff

• Binti by Nnedi Okorafor

• Circe by Madeline Miller

• The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore

• The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon

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Photo Credit: Karen Sayre

Author Bio

Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion, and media. She is the Director of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women’s freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. A prolific writer and speaker, her articles appear in Time, the Verge, The Guardian, The Nation, HuffPost, and The Atlantic. Follow her on Twitter at @SChemaly and learn more at SorayaChemaly.com.

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Music by Isaac Greene