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Author: Chelsea Davis

Chelsea Davis is a writer from San Francisco. Her essays on film, literature and culture have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, Electric Literature and the Public Domain Review, among other publications. More of her work can be found on her website, chelseamdavis.net, and she's on Twitter @UnrealCitoyenne.
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To Lose My Chronic Pain, I Had to Find My Rage

Chelsea Davis

A personal story on chronic pain and repressed emotions—and why this disproportionally affects women:

“When our culture hits the ‘mute’ button on women’s anger, it isn’t just silencing us; it is also torturing us, disabling us and killing us.”

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