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ka_schulze's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
tense
fast-paced
4.5
florecita_lectora's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pandemic/Epidemic, Police brutality, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Murder, Sexual assault, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Domestic abuse
donasbooks's review against another edition
4.0
This essay may not be about what you think it's about! I rarely read blurbs before I begin reading something new, and I thought I was choosing an essay about emotions, maybe emotional management. I wasn't expecting anything even remotely political. Imagine my surprise! It's a great essay and glad I stumbled upon it.
LETTER TO MY RAGE, an essay Lidia Yuknavitch wrote in August of 2020, was conceived as she sat in the waiting room of a health clinic, waiting to be tested for Covid-19 antibodies, and catching glimpse of our president's unmasked face on television. The introduction in Scrib'd says this better than I ever will so I'm going to quote that introduction here: "Throughout her life, rage, rather than destroying her, has transformed and compelled her: it was rage that forced her to claim her body; its blood, heat, and power; that ushered her into a world of ideas; and that would show her that where the political and the personal intersect, art flourishes, community and solidarity are found, and change begins." In short, Yuknavitch's essay tells us--rage begets change in systems.
It might be easy to dismiss this essay as political, but it is more than that. Covid-19 affected everyone, was dangerous for everyone, especially in the country in which Yuknavitch wrote this piece. Even the president tested positive for Covid-19 less than a year into the pandemic; that he only experienced mild symptoms was purely due to luck. Systems' vulnerabilities show themselves in times of great trial and in those times are ripe for change. In understanding her process of change through rage, perhaps Yuknavitch was reaching for that emotion in her readers--both those that share her political lens, and those who don't. For after all--rage begets change.
Available on Scrib'd.
Rating 4 stars
Finished November 2022
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LETTER TO MY RAGE, an essay Lidia Yuknavitch wrote in August of 2020, was conceived as she sat in the waiting room of a health clinic, waiting to be tested for Covid-19 antibodies, and catching glimpse of our president's unmasked face on television. The introduction in Scrib'd says this better than I ever will so I'm going to quote that introduction here: "Throughout her life, rage, rather than destroying her, has transformed and compelled her: it was rage that forced her to claim her body; its blood, heat, and power; that ushered her into a world of ideas; and that would show her that where the political and the personal intersect, art flourishes, community and solidarity are found, and change begins." In short, Yuknavitch's essay tells us--rage begets change in systems.
It might be easy to dismiss this essay as political, but it is more than that. Covid-19 affected everyone, was dangerous for everyone, especially in the country in which Yuknavitch wrote this piece. Even the president tested positive for Covid-19 less than a year into the pandemic; that he only experienced mild symptoms was purely due to luck. Systems' vulnerabilities show themselves in times of great trial and in those times are ripe for change. In understanding her process of change through rage, perhaps Yuknavitch was reaching for that emotion in her readers--both those that share her political lens, and those who don't. For after all--rage begets change.
Available on Scrib'd.
Rating 4 stars
Finished November 2022
Read if you like: