The idea that “venting” anger has a beneficial cathartic effect is well entrenched in modern culture. Belief in the value of venting has manifested in the online world in the form of “rant” sites (e.g ...
“While in the parlors of indignation,” Saul Bellow wrote, “the right-thinking citizen brings his heart to a boil.” Bellow’s character Moses Herzog did that. Herzog wrote crank letters to ex-wives, to ...
Next time you’re seething, take a deep breath... and step away from the keyboard. Online venting is all the rage right now (see: forums designed specifically for complaining, like JustRage.com and ...
Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy at the University of Alberta and is author of the new book Relax, Dammit! A User’s Guide to the Age of Anxiety. The year 2020 has ...
It's so tempting. You read something on a website about a button-pushing issue that makes you mad and you've got to respond. Before you know it, you're verbally sparring with a stranger. But you may ...
If the only thing you know about ranting poetry in the early 1980s is Rick from the TV show, The Young Ones, it’s time to march yourself out to the yard and shoot yourself. You remember Rick — he’s ...
The idea that “venting” anger has a beneficial cathartic effect is well entrenched in modern culture. Belief in the value of venting has manifested in the online world in the form of “rant” sites (e.g ...
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