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 ...
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 ...
“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 ...
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 ...
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 ...