This week, we examine the outrage that is expressing itself in all corners of
the culture. In the process, we found unexpected connections between events
and ideas that might seem unrelated: Ed Sheeran being left out of all the
major Grammy categories as a (possible) way to avoid controversy, the heated
debate over an account of a bad date with Aziz Ansari, the testimony at the
sentencing of Dr. Larry Nassar from hundreds of gymnasts who had been sexually
abused, and year two of the women's march. We're thinking about why women's
anger is feared, and what it means to dole out punishment against men. Whose
anger counts, what kind of anger is healthy, and is there solidarity to be
found in anger? Our conversation took us to places we didn't know we'd go--
including becoming enraged ourselves.
Discussed This Week:“Dolores O’Riordan, Lead Singer of the Cranberries, Dies at
46”
(Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/movies/oscar-
nominations.html" target="new">“2018 Oscar Nominations” (Brooks Barnes, The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/music
/grammy-nominations-2018.html" target="new">“2018 Grammy Nominations” (The New York Times)
https://www.amazon.com/Philip-K-Dicks-Electric-
Dreams/dp/B075NTXMN9" target="new">“Electric Dreams” (Amazon)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/20/arts/music/ed-sheeran-
shape-of-you.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjon-
pareles&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=17&pgtype=collection" target="new">“How Ed Sheeran Made ‘Shape of You’ The Years Biggest
Track”
(John Pereles, The New York Times)
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards
/voting-process" target="new">“The Grammy Awards Voting Process” (Recording Academy)
“I went on a date with Aziz Ansari. It turned into the worst night of my
life.” (Katie Way, Babe.net)
“Modern Romance” (Aziz Ansari, 2015)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/magazine/i-used-to-insist-i
-didnt-get-angry-not-
anymore.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2F12118-issue&action=click&contentCollection=magazine®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection" target="new">“I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not
Anymore.”
(Leslie Jamison, The New York Times Magazine)
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/01/16/open-letter-to-aziz-ansari-
sexual-assault-accuser-banfield.hln" target="new">“Banfield slams Ansari accuser in open
letter” (CNN)
“One After Another, Athletes Face Larry Nassar and Recount Sexual
Abuse”
(Scott Cacciola and Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
Read more
This week, we examine the outrage that is expressing itself in all corners of
the culture. In the process, we found unexpected connections between events
and ideas that might seem unrelated: Ed Sheeran being left out of all the
major Grammy categories as a (possible) way to avoid controversy, the heated
debate over an account of a bad date with Aziz Ansari, the testimony at the
sentencing of Dr. Larry Nassar from hundreds of gymnasts who had been sexually
abused, and year two of the women's march. We're thinking about why women's
anger is feared, and what it means to dole out punishment against men. Whose
anger counts, what kind of anger is healthy, and is there solidarity to be
found in anger? Our conversation took us to places we didn't know we'd go--
including becoming enraged ourselves.
Discussed This Week:“Dolores O’Riordan, Lead Singer of the Cranberries, Dies at
46”
(Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/23/movies/oscar-
nominations.html" target="new">“2018 Oscar Nominations” (Brooks Barnes, The New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/28/arts/music
/grammy-nominations-2018.html" target="new">“2018 Grammy Nominations” (The New York Times)
https://www.amazon.com/Philip-K-Dicks-Electric-
Dreams/dp/B075NTXMN9" target="new">“Electric Dreams” (Amazon)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/20/arts/music/ed-sheeran-
shape-of-you.html?rref=collection%2Fbyline%2Fjon-
pareles&action=click&contentCollection=undefined®ion=stream&module=stream_unit&version=latest&contentPlacement=17&pgtype=collection" target="new">“How Ed Sheeran Made ‘Shape of You’ The Years Biggest
Track”
(John Pereles, The New York Times)
https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards
/voting-process" target="new">“The Grammy Awards Voting Process” (Recording Academy)
“I went on a date with Aziz Ansari. It turned into the worst night of my
life.” (Katie Way, Babe.net)
“Modern Romance” (Aziz Ansari, 2015)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/17/magazine/i-used-to-insist-i
-didnt-get-angry-not-
anymore.html?rref=collection%2Fissuecollection%2F12118-issue&action=click&contentCollection=magazine®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=2&pgtype=collection" target="new">“I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not
Anymore.”
(Leslie Jamison, The New York Times Magazine)
http://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/01/16/open-letter-to-aziz-ansari-
sexual-assault-accuser-banfield.hln" target="new">“Banfield slams Ansari accuser in open
letter” (CNN)
“One After Another, Athletes Face Larry Nassar and Recount Sexual
Abuse”
(Scott Cacciola and Christine Hauser, The New York Times)
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