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My demeanor isn't that of a woman enraged. To see me slumped, glassy-eyed, holding a sandwich someone has cut for me into four "manageable" pieces, a person might tell you I look much more like a woma...

Koren Zailckas

My demeanor isn't that of a woman enraged. To see me slumped, glassy-eyed, holding a sandwich someone has cut for me into four "manageable" pieces, a person might tell you I look much more like a woma...

Tags: anger, anger impressions, angry, break up, break ups, depression, sad but funny, sadness

We are taught to believe it's bad to be angry, or at least it's not good. That's not the case all throughout the world. People are more open and not embarrassed about it. For instance in Paris, people...

Koren Zailckas

We are taught to believe it's bad to be angry, or at least it's not good. That's not the case all throughout the world. People are more open and not embarrassed about it. For instance in Paris, people...

Tags: good, believe, world

About Author
Koren Zailckas (born 1980) is an American writer and memoirist. Her debut, Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood, was released in 2005 by Viking Penguin and became a New York Times bestseller. Zailckas attended Nashoba Regional High School in Bolton, Massachusetts, Syracuse University and Bennington College. She is a 2014 recipient of the Alex Awards.

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

Koren Zailckas

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

Tags: positive, change, think

I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity it's not very ladylike.

Koren Zailckas

I do think anger is so difficult for women. Girls think it undermines their femininity it's not very ladylike.

Tags: women, think, difficult

I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we're very distrustful of anger. We're not sure if we should repress it. The idea that anger is supposed to be controlled is American, and we t...

Koren Zailckas

I think what I learned in research is that as Americans, we're very distrustful of anger. We're not sure if we should repress it. The idea that anger is supposed to be controlled is American, and we t...

Tags: american, research, think