02/13/2026
I'm working on a second half to my Substack piece on anger, which you can read here - https://tinyurl.com/97tmrwjx
But there is a particular paragraph that has been rolling around in my mind for a while and I'd love if you sat with it for a minute:
"What is angry enough? Is it enough to be angry at the years of abuse at the hands of a god called capital? Is it enough to rage at the treatment of women and girls whose bodies were robbed of autonomy long before they could spell "no." Is it enough remembering the indigenous bodies buried in unmarked graves under the soil they cared for meticulously that now grows only invasive species? Is the enough when we realize we can never wash off the resinous pine tar of racism that sticks to every law and legal precedent and red line and wage disparity and newspaper headline in the nation? Is it enough when we hold our q***r friends fearing for their lives and the lives of their community because their ge****ls are up for inspection but never their character? Is it when we send money to a family starving in Gaza or Sudan or DRC or Yemen or the West Bank? Because we know it’s a genocide and we want it to stop and the almighty dollar killed the Almighty when it minted its first coin."
The reality is we don't understand what "angry enough" is because productive anger isn't a morally comfortable concept. So, look for more about it coming from me soon and if you like what you're reading, you can subscribe!
Unpacking anger to use it well
