The contradiction inherent in female anger is that it exists on an almost universal and nearly daily plane, but women are so socialized to keep it down that it is treated like an individual issue. If you’re angry, it’s a you issue—and one that you have to work on. Social reliance on women’s patience, resilience, and anger management has given us entire cinematic genres that, even in their own most low-budget iterations, are aiming to provide a catharsis for this anger.
