A new podcast lets women vent their anger in anonymous voicemails
If you call 1-669-BAD-TIME, you’ll be greeted with a pre-recorded message asking you to “Leave your rants, screams, and exasperated sighs after the beep.” The hotline is part of a project called For A Bad Time Call, which encourages anyone who identifies as a woman to call up and anonymously vent in its “voice-rage-box” — and then uses those voicemails as fodder for a podcast. “Call us if you’re just getting your voice and call us if you’re tired of calmly explaining your rights to deaf ears and need to rage-it-out,” its website explains. “We think women’s anger is underrated, useful, and productive.”
“Women’s anger is often viewed as insignificant or emotional, not even a real complaint to be taken seriously,” creator Anne Jaconette…
