The Rage Rag
Edition 004
Welcome to the Rage Rag, where we share expressions of anger, exasperation, frustration, and justifiable rage from the women of the world. Consider a paid subscription to support our momentum in building a platform for the female voice to yell, shriek, snarl, and roar so that our words may land like seeds on fertile soil in the ears and minds of all of mankind.
Here we host an anthology of the lived experience of women in 2025, a living history to expose truth and audit existing societal narratives of what it means to be a woman.
I don’t want to repeat verbatim from our last Rage Rag, but once again, it’s been a couple of weeks of the intentional, by design, firehose of nonstop terrible news. For just one example, women in SC are being reduced to lower than breeding cattle as they are seeing every shred of their rights and autonomy stripped from them (SC legislators want to wipe the very definition and mention of rape from any legislation concerning abortion):
… ICE agents slam multiple women to the ground in a new escalation of violence, no longer fearing the ever-present cameras and live social media feeds as they enact violence on women protesting or asking questions about their husband’s status after he was snatched by ICE.
RFK Jr. and Trump are taking aim at mifepristone, the “abortion pill”, which has been found safe for use for years, to remove this option from women, sparking a national discussion on whether or not we are moving towards a federal ban on abortion and then subsequently contraceptive birth control access.
I’ve found a couple of pieces this week that I think you should all read. They’re definitely more essay, less “rant”, but the content is.. ***chef’s kiss***.
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Susan Pickard shares stories of sweet, strong relationships with fellow girls and women as she gained growing awareness of the patriarchy and what it has taken from her and her dear friends. It’s thorough, it’s devastatingly descriptive, and it’s insanely well written
If you remember from the last Rage Rag, I mentioned the uprising of far-right ultra-feminine content creators on social media glamorizing the “trad-wife” life, and the grooming portion of that content aimed squarely at teenage and college-aged girls: the “soft girl” life. Tia Glista wrote a thorough examination of this trend; the kind of essay I love, with tons of citations and well-reasoned theory. We love a brilliant woman!
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My name is Melissa Corrigan, and I’m a freelance writer/thought sharer/philosopher in coastal Virginia. I am a mom, a wife, a veteran, and so much more. I deeply enjoy sharing my thoughts and receiving feedback that sparks genuine, respectful conversation.
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Fantastic post! So glad I found your work. Looking forward to perusing all of this fiery, fierceness. 💫🔥