Why I Left the Rage Behind

By Sadie Broussard

I used to think I could scream at people until they saw it my way.

It never worked, but it felt like the right thing to do. When you look around at the world—at the inequality, the violence, the systems that grind people down—anger feels like the only moral response.

If you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention, right? That’s what I…