{"id":128314,"date":"2015-11-06T22:04:46","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T22:04:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/06\/womens-anger-isnt-pretty-or-useful-to-men-it\/"},"modified":"2015-11-06T22:04:46","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T22:04:46","slug":"womens-anger-isnt-pretty-or-useful-to-men-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merindab.com\/private\/2015\/11\/06\/womens-anger-isnt-pretty-or-useful-to-men-it\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"
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Women\u2019s anger isn\u2019t pretty or useful to men. It prevents them from cheering their male superhero on from the peanut gallery; it makes them unattainable in a way that\u2019s not because the hero is being admirably noble. Also, it makes their faces go all scrunchy, and we can\u2019t have that; never forget Jessica Alba being told to \u201ccry pretty\u201d on the set of Rise of the Silver Surfer, or, more recently, Joss Whedon telling Elizabeth Olsen to keep her face calm during Age of Ultron\u2019s fight scenes because an angry, combative face was unattractive.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason women love Agent Carter, a show powered by a subtextual engine of Peggy\u2019s grief, frustration, and rage. There\u2019s a reason Laurel Lance never clicked as a character until her largely incoherent but still deeply satisfying Season 2 rage spiral; life has done her wrong, and she\u2019s finally, finally hitting back. There\u2019s a reason so many readers are proudly labeling themselves non-compliant. We so rarely get to see our own anger reflected in mass media, and when we do, it\u2019s deeply cathartic.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so ready for Jessica Jones to be furious for a whole 13 episodes of her first season. I\u2019m hoping Karen Page gets to be as livid as Foggy was when she finds out that Matt is Daredevil. I want Sara Lance to come back from the grave as spitting mad as she was when she went in, and I want Laurel and Thea and especially poor Felicity, sadly defanged by her romantic entanglement with Oliver in Season 3, to get and stay angry with Oliver when he inevitably does something dishonest or ethically dubious. Even Supergirl \u2013 as sunshiney as Kara seems, and as I want her to be, I also want her to be allowed to get pissed when the situation warrants it. Girl\u2019s got laser-eyes for a reason.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I\u2019m so excited for this coming year of superhero TV to bring me Supergirl, and Jessica Jones, and Peggy Carter, and Speedy and Hawkgirl and two different Canaries. And I\u2019m excited for the supporting stories of Iris West and Karen Page and Felicity Smoak and Caitlin Snow and Alex Danvers and Angie Martinelli.<\/p>\n

But God, I hope they get to be angry this year. Because these women have been through enough to make them mad as hell. And I don\u2019t want them to have to take it anymore.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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SUPERHEROES AND THE GENDER POLITICS OF ANGER (x<\/a>)<\/p>\n

That thing<\/a> we were just<\/a> talking about<\/a>!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Women\u2019s anger isn\u2019t pretty or useful to men. It prevents them from cheering their male superhero on from the peanut gallery; it makes them unattainable in a way that\u2019s not because the hero is being admirably noble. Also, it makes their faces go all scrunchy, and we can\u2019t have that; never forget Jessica Alba being … <\/p>\n

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