On Anger

Still settling into the new digs. In the meantime, here's an old post on anger from Shakesville. I link it here because this is something that I have had trouble grasping in the past, and I think it is a tremendously important lesson for those looking to be allies in any capacity. The closer you come to being a white, heterosexual, cisgendered, able-bodied (read: privileged) dude, the more important this is, and likely the more difficult this will be to grasp. A brief quote:

Here's the other thing: If you are a genuine ally to feminists/womanists, you will never, ever, criticize a feminist/womanist's tone for being "too angry."

And you will never do this because, if you are a genuine ally, not only will you have internalized an understanding of the perfect rationality of the anger expressed by feminists/womanists, but you will also share that anger.