From Rage to Resilience: A Chat with Soraya Chemaly

SEASON 7 EPISODE 9

3.27.2025

Guests: Soraya Chemaly

Other Themes: Celebrity, Experts & Authors, Societal Structures, Life-Changing Perspective

‘Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning author and activist. As a cultural critic, she writes and speaks frequently about gender norms, politics, and technology and their relationship to violence, risk, and social justice. She is the former Executive Director of The Representation Project and Director and co-founder of the Women’s Media Center Speech Project, both dedicated to protecting and expanding women’s civic and political participation. Her first book, Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger, was recognized as a Best Book of 2018 by the Washington Post, Fast Company, Psychology Today, and NPR and has been translated into multiple languages. Her most recent book, The Resilience Myth, has just been released.