Righteous Rage

The Fire That Burns Away Compliance

Hello Brave Ones,

Let’s talk about anger.

For generations, we’ve been taught that anger is dangerous, that it makes us irrational, that it’s something to suppress, hide, or swallow whole. Women’s anger, in particular, has been demonized—called hysterical, aggressive, unhinged. We are expected to be pleasant. To be accommodating. To be nice.

But what if anger isn’t something to fear?
What if anger is sacred?
What if it’s the fire that burns away compliance and reveals the truth underneath?

The Cultural Conditioning Around Anger

Think about how men’s anger is viewed—it’s seen as powerful, decisive, even justified. But when a woman expresses anger, she is labeled as difficult, dramatic, too much.

This isn’t accidental. It’s conditioning.

Because a woman who has access to her anger is a woman who knows when something is unjust.
A woman who has access to her anger is a woman who refuses to accept mistreatment.
A woman who has access to her anger is a woman who is not so easy to control.

And that? That’s threatening to the systems that rely on our silence.

Reclaiming Anger as a Force for Liberation

I want to challenge you to rethink your relationship with anger. Not as something reckless or destructive, but as a compass—pointing you toward what is misaligned, showing you where your boundaries have been crossed, reminding you of what you will no longer tolerate.

Anger, when wielded with intention, is a source of profound clarity and power. It’s what fuels movements. It’s what drives change. It’s what refuses to accept the unacceptable.

And yet, so many of us have been taught to distrust it. We’ve been told to soften it, to make it palatable, to transform it into sadness or silence.

But what happens when we stop diluting our anger and start listening to it instead?

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Unfiltered Moment

For so much of my life, I believed that anger was something to avoid. I saw it as an emotion that other people got to have—people who weren’t afraid of confrontation, people who had the confidence to stand up without fear of consequence.

Me? I was the one who kept the peace. I was the one who smoothed things over, even when it meant betraying myself. I was the one who swallowed my own needs in favor of harmony.

And then, one day, I realized something.

Harmony at the expense of truth is just another form of self-abandonment.

The first time I let myself fully feel my anger—without apologizing for it, without minimizing it, without trying to make it smaller—I realized it wasn’t just rage I was holding. It was grief. It was years of suppressed boundaries, of unspoken truths, of moments when I had let myself be made small.

That was the day I stopped fearing my own fire.

Now, I know my anger is sacred. I don’t weaponize it, but I don’t silence it either. I let it speak to me. I let it tell me where something isn’t right. I let it guide me toward action. And most of all, I let it remind me that my voice, my boundaries, and my truth matter.

Tools for Transformation

• Self-Inquiry Prompt: Where in my life have I suppressed my anger? What happens when I give myself permission to feel it fully?

• Empowerment Exercise: This week, when you feel anger rising, instead of pushing it down, sit with it. Ask: What is this anger trying to tell me? Write down your response.

• Book Recommendation: Rage Becomes Her by Soraya Chemaly—a powerful, necessary exploration of women’s anger and why it is one of our greatest strengths.

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Empowering Music for the Week

This week’s song: “You Don’t Own Me” by Lesley Gore—an anthem of defiance and self-ownership.

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In Your Corner, Always

This week, I want you to remember: Your anger is not the problem. It is not something to fix. It is not something to be ashamed of.

It is something to listen to.

Let it guide you. Let it show you where something needs to change. Let it remind you that you are allowed to take up space, to have boundaries, to demand better.

Because you are.

With you,
Dee

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