Why I Retired from Rageposting
Constantly feeding the Political Rant Industrial Complex isn't sustainable.
When I worked at an alternative newsweekly in my twenties, I wrote feminist rants on a near-daily basis. I got kinda famous for it. My anger was real, there were reasons to be mad, and readers responded. After the 2016 election, a frenzy of rage animated the alternative press. I think it really did help some people to have…