Marion Olité's 'Female Rage' Analyzes Anger in Pop Culture

Marion Olité has published 'Female Rage, La revanche des hystériques dans la pop culture' (Leduc Société), exploring how pop culture depicts female anger. The book traces this rage from mythological narratives to contemporary works like 'Thelma & Louise' and 'Kill Bill', as well as TV witches. Olité cites #MeToo and the online Female Rage movement on TikTok and Instagram as inspirations. She discusses Audre Lorde's speech 'The Uses of Anger', distinguishing white women's anger from Black women's, noting the 'Angry Black Women' trope used against figures like Serena Williams and Shonda Rhimes. The book examines the 'madwoman' archetype in classics like 'Rebecca' and 'Jane Eyre', linking hysteria to pathologized female rage. Olité argues that watching angry heroines provides catharsis and strength, and that female violence is not merely fictional but a response to patriarchy. The work concludes that reclaiming anger is essential for women.