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We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with any of us. but i think women's anger sits less well than anything else. women's anger is very scary to people, and to no one more than other women who think: oh, goodness, well, if i let the lid off, where would we be?
-Claire Messud
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Claire Messud
We live in a culture that wants to put a redemptive face on everything, so anger doesn't sit well with any of us. but i think women's anger sits less well than anything else. women's anger is very scary to people, and to no one more than other women who think: oh, goodness, well, if i let the lid off, where would we be?
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