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• Everyday Sexism

  Bates, Laura, 1986-

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  Author Laura Bates created an online platform for women to share stories of sexism, including but not limited to, sexual violence & gender-based violence.

• Speak

  Anderson, Laurie Halse,

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  A freshman girl is outcast and bullied when she calls the police during an end-of-summer party, in order to report an assault.

• Sold

  McCormick, Patricia, 1956-

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  A young girl from Nepal is sold into prostitution by her family and survives.

• Yes Means Yes!

  Visions of Female Sexual Power & a World Without Rape

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  Ways to reject and dismantle r*pe culture, while enjoying consent and pleasure.

• Not That Bad

  Dispatches From Rape Culture

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  Poetically examines r*pe culture and ways to be an ally instead of a bystander.

• For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide, When the Rainbow Is Enuf

  a Choreopoem

  Shange, Ntozake

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  A play that poetically describes the challenges of black women, including but not limited to, sexual violence.

• Know My Name

  a Memoir

  Miller, Chanel,

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  Brock Turner, a freshman swimmer at Stanford, assaulted Chanel Miller in 2015, and the outcome of his trial shocked the nation. Now no longer anonymous, Chanel Miller is speaking out.

• The Color Purple

  Walker, Alice, 1944-

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  Spanning over 40 years, this book tells the story of Celie, a black woman who survives abuse and bigotry in the South.

• The Way I Used to Be

  Smith, Amber, 1982-

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  A high school freshman is raped by her brother’s best friend, and the story shows how trauma impacts her life throughout her high school career.

• After Campus Sexual Assault

  a Guide for Parents

  Sorenson, Susan B.,

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  This book looks at the real stories of college students assaulted on campus and the steps they and their families can take together to acknowledge their experience and begin healing.

• Asking for It

  the Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--and What We Can Do About It

  Harding, Kate, 1975-

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  Harding explores how rape culture manifests itself via media narratives about sexual assault victims and perpetrators--and how those change, depending on the age, race, sexual orientation, gender identity and fame of both victim and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl

  a Memoir

  Vanasco, Jeannie

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  Part memoir, part true crime record, and part testament to the strength of female friendships--a recounting and reckoning that will inspire us to ask harder questions and interrogate our biases. Jeannie Vanasco examines and dismantles…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape

  Abdulali, Sohaila,

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  Drawing on her own experience, her work with hundreds of survivors as the head of a rape crisis center in Boston, and three decades of grappling with rape as a feminist intellectual and writer, Abdulali tackles some of our thorniest…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• What Does Consent Really Mean?

  Wallis, Pete,

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  "Consent is not the absence of 'NO', it is an enthusiastic YES!!" Following the sexual assault of a classmate, a group of teenage girls find themselves discussing the term consent, what it actually means for them in their current…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Grabbed

  Poets and Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment, and Healing

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  The stories and poems in this collection address the physical and psychological trauma of sexual assault from a variety of perspectives and voices.

• Unbelievable

  The Story of Two Detectives' Relentless Search for the Truth

  Miller, T. Christian,

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  Based on investigative files and extensive interviews with the principals, Unbelievable is a serpentine tale of doubt, lies, and a hunt for justice, unveiling the disturbing truth of how sexual assault is investigated today'and the long…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• We Believe You

  Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out

  Clark, Annie E.

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  We Believe You elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been missing--more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mysterious Skin

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  A coming of age story of two boys on a Little League team together, who experience abuse from their coach.

• Hands Off, Harry!

  Wells, Rosemary

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  Kindergators work and play happily in Miss Harmony's class. But Harry isn't being a good classmate! He's disrupting Friendly Circle, causing accidents, and upsetting the class. Can the Kindergators find a way to help Harry learn to respect…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• My Body Belongs to Me From My Head to My Toes

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  Provides children with confidence about accepting and rejecting physical contact from others, helping to give children a voice in uncomfortable situations.