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I Went to Karen Summer Camp
Mia Banducci from the viral video of her retreat, “Rage Ritual: Unleash Your Anger, Embrace Your Power, Transform Your Life.” (Screen grab via Mia Magik/YouTube)
A rage ritual might be the only place in America where the wrath of white women is welcomed.
By Olivia Reingold
05.22.24 — Culture and Ideas
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A couple dozen women, plus one purple-haired man, are screaming at the top of their lungs over Zoom. Some are in their bedrooms, whacking Swiffers and broomsticks onto their mattresses. One blonde woman is outside in the tall grass, heaving in a child’s pose. 

“Let all your pain out,” their leader, Mia Banducci, a 36-year-old self-described “ambassador f…

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Olivia Reingold
Olivia Reingold is a staff writer at The Free Press. She co-created and executive produced Matthew Yglesias’s podcast, Bad Takes. She got her start in public radio, regularly appearing on NPR for her reporting on indigenous communities in Montana. She previously produced podcasts at Politico, where she shaped conversations with world leaders like Jens Stoltenberg.
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