Soraya Chemaly

2 months ago | katemanne.substack.com | Kate Manne |Soraya Chemaly

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Aug 30, 2024 | damemagazine.com | Soraya Chemaly

During the 2016 Election, legacy media portrayed the reality-TV star’s presidential bid—and the rise of authoritarianism—as an unrealistic threat. Consider who’s running the newsrooms. This article was made possible because of the generous support of DAME members. We urgently need your help to keep publishing. Will you contribute just $5 a month to support our journalism?

Jul 13, 2024 | businessinsider.com | Soraya Chemaly

Parenting Soraya Chemaly (not pictured) is the author of "The Resilience Myth." Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer and activist. She is also the author of The Resilience Myth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth After Trauma.

Apr 29, 2024 | thenation.com | Soraya Chemaly

Gen Z is exhibiting the competence, control, and commitment that it has been castigated, as a generation, for lacking. Ad PolicySoraya Chemaly’s book, The Resilience Myth, published by Atria, is available May 21, 2024. There is an irony in the fact that students protesting the Israel-Gaza war grew up hearing that they were “coddled” and “lack resiliency.” Critics scolded Gen Z for “needing safe spaces” and being “unable to cope” without trigger warnings.

Mar 17, 2024 | barnesandnoble.com | Soraya Chemaly

The author of the “must read” (NPR) Rage Becomes Her presents a powerful manifesto for communal resilience based on in-depth investigations into history, social science, and psychology. We are often urged to rely only on ourselves for strength, mental fortitude, and positivity. But with her distinctive “skill, wit, and sharp insight” (Laura Bates, author of Girl Up), Soraya Chemaly challenges us to adapt our thinking about how we survive in a world of sustained, overlapping crises.