F*ck Happiness: A feminist critique of positive psychology

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Ariel Gore's brilliant, timely book about what happiness really means for women, and finding joy amidst hardship. - "We are taught to ignore our own oppression, smile in false happiness to make our partners comfortable, our children comfortable, our parents comfortable. But oppression is trauma, and trauma can't be forever repressed. We have a right to be angry." –Ariel Gore, F*ck HappinessWhen Ariel Gore first learned about positive psychology—the transformative idea of focusing on people's strengths and what they need to be happy—she thought, "Hallelujah.&quo ...

Read More t; But as she read further, she began to see a trend: "Everyone in this strange and smiley land [of happiness studies], it seemed, was a guy. ... And then I noticed this: an intriguing number of the movement's critics were female." "First you feel bad, and then you're told you're defective for not being cheerful about it." –Ba

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