Being Dismissed

What happens when your anger is dismissed as “bitter,” “dramatic,” or “too emotional”? In this inaugural episode of thinking bodies, Anna Mudde and Kristin Rodier dig into Sue Campbell’s iconic article, “Being Dismissed: The Politics of Emotional Expression” (1994).
With insights from Ami Harbin, Christine Koggel, Alexis Shotwell, Kate Norlock, and Michael Doan, we explore emotional dismissal, anger, social uptake, “freestyle feelings,” and the politics of who gets taken seriously.
What if our feelings aren’t private—and what if other people help shape what we’re able to feel, understand, and say? Campbell's work continues to have relevance in 2024 and beyond.
Thank you so much to the Amplify Podcast Network, Stacey Copeland and Hannah McGregor for all of your mentorship.
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Keywords: feminist philosophy, feminist theory, politics of emotional expression, philosophy of emotion, feminist philosophy of emotion, emotions, anger, feminist anger, social uptake, bitterness, interpretive dismissal, freestyle feelings, affect, feminist epistemology, feminist ethics, oppression, emotional expression, Audre Lorde, Marilyn Frye, Indigenous feminism, Black feminism
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