Sam Parker
@samparker.bsky.social
Author of Good Anger: How Rethinking Rage Can Change Our Lives, out with Bloomsbury now. Digital Director of British GQ.
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Sam Parker
@samparker.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Why anger?
On writing a book about the least understood emotion
goodanger.substack.com
My first book, Good Anger, is out June next year. Here's a bit about it goodanger.substack.com/p/why-anger
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Anger is rarely thought of as positive – but the emotion itself exists to protect us, says author of Good Anger, Sam Parker.
Is it true that I ‘don’t get angry’? Or am I actually dangerously suppressing it?
www.theguardian.com
June 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Anger is rarely thought of as positive – but the emotion itself exists to protect us, says author of Good Anger, Sam Parker.
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🟡 Good Anger - Sam Parker
Journalist Sam Parker investigates how one of our most complex emotions became a taboo and the cost that suppressing it has on our lives.
Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-ange...
Journalist Sam Parker investigates how one of our most complex emotions became a taboo and the cost that suppressing it has on our lives.
Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-ange...
June 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
🟡 Good Anger - Sam Parker
Journalist Sam Parker investigates how one of our most complex emotions became a taboo and the cost that suppressing it has on our lives.
Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-ange...
Journalist Sam Parker investigates how one of our most complex emotions became a taboo and the cost that suppressing it has on our lives.
Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/good-ange...
Really enjoyed going on The Gist to talk about anger suppression, the history of the deadly sins and the problems with wellness culture youtu.be/ZF9qOt-fASs?...
Samuel Parker: Why Anger Isn’t the Enemy—It’s the Key to Action
YouTube video by The Gist
youtu.be
August 13, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Really enjoyed going on The Gist to talk about anger suppression, the history of the deadly sins and the problems with wellness culture youtu.be/ZF9qOt-fASs?...
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“Anger is a firm but loving voice telling us to stand up and fight on our own behalf.”
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
Anger management: why we need to rethink this stigmatised emotion
Pent-up rage is defining our century. To stop it overwhelming everything, we first need to admit that it’s fine to get mad
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
“Anger is a firm but loving voice telling us to stand up and fight on our own behalf.”
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
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“Anger is a firm but loving voice telling us to stand up and fight on our own behalf.”
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
Anger management: why we need to rethink this stigmatised emotion
Pent-up rage is defining our century. To stop it overwhelming everything, we first need to admit that it’s fine to get mad
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
“Anger is a firm but loving voice telling us to stand up and fight on our own behalf.”
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
So writes @samparker.bsky.social in his new book, which Emily Bootle reviews here. Do we need to completely rethink our relationship with the “black sheep of the emotional family”?
www.prospectmagazine...
Wonderful to see a review of my book, Good Anger, on the cover here. It’s a very thorough, fair and thoughtful piece.
The summer double edition of Prospect hits the streets (and the internet) today. Led off by a magisterial read by @OliverBullough on why our water companies are in the miserable mess they’re in
July 16, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Wonderful to see a review of my book, Good Anger, on the cover here. It’s a very thorough, fair and thoughtful piece.
Rethinking a stigmatised emotion. My book reviewed in Prospect magazine.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7047...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7047...
Anger management: why we need to rethink this stigmatised emotion
Pent-up rage is defining our century. To stop it overwhelming everything, we first need to admit that it’s fine to get mad
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
July 16, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Rethinking a stigmatised emotion. My book reviewed in Prospect magazine.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7047...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/culture/7047...
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When I say “midlife crisis” you think of Mr. Boomer’s new red sports car. But that image comes from a concept that’s 60 years old!
These days the crisis of meaning does not wait until midlife.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
These days the crisis of meaning does not wait until midlife.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
What a ‘midlife crisis’ means for Millennials
Contemplating ‘what it’s all for’ used to hit around your 40s. Today, we’re asking ourselves that question sooner and sooner. So what can we do about it?
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
July 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
When I say “midlife crisis” you think of Mr. Boomer’s new red sports car. But that image comes from a concept that’s 60 years old!
These days the crisis of meaning does not wait until midlife.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
These days the crisis of meaning does not wait until midlife.
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
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It’s not your father’s midlife crisis. Millennials can expect it sooner, and differently.
Here’s how to meet a crisis of meaning before it becomes a crisis.
My latest for GQ:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
Here’s how to meet a crisis of meaning before it becomes a crisis.
My latest for GQ:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
What a ‘midlife crisis’ means for Millennials
Contemplating ‘what it’s all for’ used to hit around your 40s. Today, we’re asking ourselves that question sooner and sooner. So what can we do about it?
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 7:25 PM
It’s not your father’s midlife crisis. Millennials can expect it sooner, and differently.
Here’s how to meet a crisis of meaning before it becomes a crisis.
My latest for GQ:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
Here’s how to meet a crisis of meaning before it becomes a crisis.
My latest for GQ:
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/midl...
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Big congrats to @samparker.bsky.social whose brand new book “Good Anger” is out now - and boy do we need it now more than ever!
One good doctor describes it as “enlightening and compulsory reading” - I wholeheartedly agree!
Out now in all good bookstores.
One good doctor describes it as “enlightening and compulsory reading” - I wholeheartedly agree!
Out now in all good bookstores.
June 7, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Big congrats to @samparker.bsky.social whose brand new book “Good Anger” is out now - and boy do we need it now more than ever!
One good doctor describes it as “enlightening and compulsory reading” - I wholeheartedly agree!
Out now in all good bookstores.
One good doctor describes it as “enlightening and compulsory reading” - I wholeheartedly agree!
Out now in all good bookstores.
Wrote a thing about whether babies ruin your life or not, from my lofty position as a first-time Dad to a 5 month old goodanger.substack.com/p/on-whether...
On whether having a baby ruins your life or not
A list of pros and cons for anyone considering procreating
goodanger.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Wrote a thing about whether babies ruin your life or not, from my lofty position as a first-time Dad to a 5 month old goodanger.substack.com/p/on-whether...
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Freud’s famous statement about the potential for psychoanalysis to “transform neurotic misery into ordinary unhappiness” is less pessimistic and more profound than it appears at first glance.
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March 18, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Freud’s famous statement about the potential for psychoanalysis to “transform neurotic misery into ordinary unhappiness” is less pessimistic and more profound than it appears at first glance.
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A few weeks before Good Anger
comes out, a show about rage has topped Netflix. The time for new convo about the most misunderstood emotion is now! open.substack.com/pub/goodange...
comes out, a show about rage has topped Netflix. The time for new convo about the most misunderstood emotion is now! open.substack.com/pub/goodange...
Adolescence and the real ‘anger problem’ we face
Toxic influencers and undereducated parents only scratch the surface when it comes to the deep cultural challenges we have with the last taboo emotion
open.substack.com
March 23, 2025 at 12:18 PM
A few weeks before Good Anger
comes out, a show about rage has topped Netflix. The time for new convo about the most misunderstood emotion is now! open.substack.com/pub/goodange...
comes out, a show about rage has topped Netflix. The time for new convo about the most misunderstood emotion is now! open.substack.com/pub/goodange...
One thing I didn't expect is how boring Trump 2 and the TikTokification of news would be. A fresh, 3-second long outrage every single day? It's enough to make you want to bury your head in a 300-page local planning document just for some thrills.
February 7, 2025 at 9:14 AM
One thing I didn't expect is how boring Trump 2 and the TikTokification of news would be. A fresh, 3-second long outrage every single day? It's enough to make you want to bury your head in a 300-page local planning document just for some thrills.
Seeing that line up of tech CEOs at Trump's Big Day, it's hard to escape the feeling quitting Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Amazon is now a moral imperative.
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Seeing that line up of tech CEOs at Trump's Big Day, it's hard to escape the feeling quitting Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, TikTok and Amazon is now a moral imperative.
First thing I've managed to write during paternity leave and it's about how our baby has spiritually broken our cat goodanger.substack.com/p/our-newbor...
Our newborn has sent our cat into a deep depression
We are witnessing a feline ego death
goodanger.substack.com
January 21, 2025 at 11:31 AM
First thing I've managed to write during paternity leave and it's about how our baby has spiritually broken our cat goodanger.substack.com/p/our-newbor...
Not saying the early days of parenting are an emotional rollercoaster but this message from my local butcher almost sent me
January 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Not saying the early days of parenting are an emotional rollercoaster but this message from my local butcher almost sent me
Love this time of year when you can think shit like ‘maybe I’ll get really into pickling’ and give it the contemplation it deserves
December 26, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Love this time of year when you can think shit like ‘maybe I’ll get really into pickling’ and give it the contemplation it deserves
Thanks @the-independent.com for naming Good Anger a book to look out for in 2025! 📚https://independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/books-2025-fiction-non-fiction-b2662678.html
December 20, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Thanks @the-independent.com for naming Good Anger a book to look out for in 2025! 📚https://independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/books-2025-fiction-non-fiction-b2662678.html
My cat is well into her teenage years. Only speaks to me when she wants food, looks at me with disdain when I do anything, and only comes for a cuddle once every six months.
December 16, 2024 at 3:29 PM
My cat is well into her teenage years. Only speaks to me when she wants food, looks at me with disdain when I do anything, and only comes for a cuddle once every six months.
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This is a really fucking great profile.
December 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM
This is a really fucking great profile.
The brilliant Danny Dyer on therapy, drugs and 'becoming wank material for middle-class women' since Rivals. Ending 2024 with one of my favourite GQ interviews of the year thanks to @hayleycampbell.bsky.social www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dann...
Everyone's thirsty for Danny Dyer
For years, he was a shorthand for the excesses of lad culture; these days, he’s a champion for healthy masculinity. Now, thanks to Disney’s bonkbuster hit Rivals, Danny Dyer is entering his third and ...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 16, 2024 at 9:01 AM
The brilliant Danny Dyer on therapy, drugs and 'becoming wank material for middle-class women' since Rivals. Ending 2024 with one of my favourite GQ interviews of the year thanks to @hayleycampbell.bsky.social www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/dann...
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5. "Jude Law’s Beautiful Disappearing Act" (Sam Parker)
"The second the seatbelt sign switches off, my phone buzzes with a text from Jude Law. Have I had a good flight, he asks?"
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jude...
"The second the seatbelt sign switches off, my phone buzzes with a text from Jude Law. Have I had a good flight, he asks?"
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jude...
Jude Law’s beautiful disappearing act
For decades, he’s captivated audiences as a certain kind of character: charming. Handsome. Beautiful, even. So much so that people saw him that way, too. Now 51, and with a run of prestige talked-abou...
www.gq-magazine.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 4:00 PM
5. "Jude Law’s Beautiful Disappearing Act" (Sam Parker)
"The second the seatbelt sign switches off, my phone buzzes with a text from Jude Law. Have I had a good flight, he asks?"
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jude...
"The second the seatbelt sign switches off, my phone buzzes with a text from Jude Law. Have I had a good flight, he asks?"
www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/jude...
We're going to need a second enlightenment at this rate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Steven Bartlett sharing harmful health misinformation on Diary of CEO podcast
Disproven health claims are accepted with little challenge by host on number one podcast, BBC investigation finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2024 at 9:54 AM
We're going to need a second enlightenment at this rate. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Alice Munro's fiction walks 'a tightrope between blindness and insight' when it came to her abusive partner. Fascinating piece about how art can be used to explore (& exercise control over) things writers are afraid or unwilling to confront in real life #BookSky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...
What Alice Munro Knew
The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?
www.nytimes.com
December 13, 2024 at 9:31 AM
How Alice Munro's fiction walks 'a tightrope between blindness and insight' when it came to her abusive partner. Fascinating piece about how art can be used to explore (& exercise control over) things writers are afraid or unwilling to confront in real life #BookSky www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/m...