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Wrath Month

Wrath Month is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Wrath Month rather than just read about it. In short: Wrath Month is a neologism that generally refers to July, the month after Pride Month. It originated as an Internet meme in 2018.

Key takeaways

Wrath Month belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Wrath Month to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Wrath Month from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Wrath Month is a neologism that generally refers to July, the month after Pride Month. It originated as an Internet meme in 2018.

History "Wrath Month" originated as a Twitter meme in 2018. The term is a play on the seven deadly sins, pride and wrath being two of them. Other Twitter users joked about highlighting months for the remaining deadly sins, including sloth and envy. The term came to be used in other contexts, highlighting ongoing issues for the LGBT community during and outside of Pride Month.

Usage and analysis The term has been described, in part, as a response to the idea that Pride Month has become increasingly docile, where Wrath Month provides an opportunity to call attention to issues affecting LGBT acceptance and equality. John Paul Brammer, writing for Them.us, introduces his piece on Wrath Month with a criticism of Pride Month's ties to rainbow capitalism. Patrick Lenton with Junkee writes that Pride Month is no longer a message of "rebellion and resistance", instead trending towards "acceptance and love". He also criticizes police forces and politicians who pander to LGBT people – only during Pride Month – for support. Other sources depict it as a response to what Out describes as Pride Month's "sense of comradery" dissipating after the month ends. Wrath Month has also been used as a replacement for Pride Month, with a Colorado Springs Independent opinion piece drawing from the emotions of the Stonewall riots that Pride Month is intended to commemorate. The piece specifically cited solidarity with the ongoing George Floyd protests as one reason the LGBT community should feel angry. In July 2022, Them.us began a series titled Wrath Month, describing the month as an "unofficial celebration of LGBTQ+ anger".

See also Gay Shame – Radical queer collective and movement

References

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Wrath Month

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Wrath Month claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Wrath Month before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Wrath Month ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Wrath Month

In research: Wrath Month appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Wrath Month in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Wrath Month is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2018 neologisms, Identity politics in the United States, Internet memes introduced in 2018, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Wrath Month outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Wrath Month in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Wrath Month means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Wrath Month out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Wrath Month in simple terms?

Wrath Month is a neologism that generally refers to July, the month after Pride Month. It originated as an Internet meme in 2018.

Why does Wrath Month matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Wrath Month?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Wrath Month.