Sexual Assault Awareness Month

All the Fighting Parts

By: Hannah V. Sawyerr

"Sixteen-year-old Amina Conteh has always believed in using her words as her weapon--even when it gets her into trouble. After cursing at a classmate, her father forces her to volunteer at their church with Pastor Johnson. But Pastor Johnson isn't the holy man everyone thinks he is. The same voice Amina uses to fight falls quiet the night she is sexually assaulted by Pastor Johnson.

The #MeToo Effect: What Happens When We Believe Women

By: Leigh Gilmore

"The #MeToo movement gained widespread recognition in October 2017 as a direct response to the sexual assault allegations leveled at Harvey Weinstein but, more broadly, the movement exposed the systemic practice of doubting women's testimonies and denying accountability for their harassers. In this book Gilmore explains how the movement gained traction.

Believability: Sexual Violence, Media, and the Politics of Doubt

By: Sarah Banet-Weiser and Kathryn Claire Higgins

The #MeToo movement created more opportunities for women to speak up about sexual assault. But we are also living in a time when "fake news" and "alternative facts" call into question the very nature of truth. This troubling paradox is at the heart of this compelling book. 

Understanding Indigenous Gender Relations and Violence Against Indigenous Women: Becoming Gender Awake

By: Catherine E. McKinley

This book focuses on the inequities that are persistently and disproportionately severe for Indigenous peoples. Gender and racial based inequities span from the home life to Indigenous women's wellness-including physical, mental, and social health.

The Limits of Consent: Sexual Assault and Affirmative Consent

By: Lisa Featherstone, Cassandra Byrnes, Jenny Maturi, Kiara Minto, Renée Mickelburgh, Paige Donaghy

This open access book examines the ways that consent operates in contemporary culture, suggesting it is a useful starting point to respectful relationships. This work, however, seeks to delve deeper, into the more complicated aspects of sexual consent.

Sexual Citizens: A Landmark Study of Sex, Power, and Assault on Campus

By Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan

A groundbreaking study that transforms how we see and address the most misunderstood problem on college campuses: widespread sexual assault.

Stop Telling Women to Smile

By Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

Sitting at the cross-section of social activism, art, community engagement, and feminism, "Stop Telling Women To Smile" brings to the page the author's arresting and famous street art--featuring the faces and voices of everyday women as they talk about the experience of living in communities that are supposed to be their homes yet are frequently hostile.

Believe Me: How Trusting Women Can Change the World

By Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman

In Believe Me, contributors ask and answer the crucial question: What would happen if we didn't just believe women, but acted as though they matter? If we take women's experiences of online harassment seriously, it will transform the internet.

To Raise a Boy

By Emma Brown

To Raise a Boy combines assiduous reporting, cutting-edge scientific research, and boys’ powerful testimonials to expose the crisis in young men’s emotional and physical health. Emma Brown connects the dots between educators, researchers, policy makers, and mental health professionals in this tour de force that upends everything we thought we knew about boys.

Trauma-Informed Yoga for Survivors of Sexual Assault

By Zahabiyah Yamasaki

This book provides holistic, trauma-informed, body-based, compassionate, and culturally affirming options for survivors as they navigate what is oftentimes a lifelong and nonlinear process of healing.

Know My Name: A Memoir

By: Chanel Miller

Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral, was translated globally, and read on the floor of Congress. It inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case. Now Miller reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words.

I Never Called It Rape: the Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, and Surviving Date and Acquaintance Rape

By: Robin Warshaw 

With the advent of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, and almost daily new reports about rape, both on and off campuses, Robin Warshaw’s I Never Called It Rape is even more relevant today than when it was first published in 1988.

Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture and What We Can Do About It

By: Kate Harding

Combining in-depth research with practical knowledge, Asking for It makes the case that twenty-first-century America-where it's estimated that out of every 100 rapes only 5 result in felony convictions-supports rapists more effectively than victims.

Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape

By: Jaclyn Friedman and Jessica Valenti

Recreates the experience of young urban black women in the early twentieth century who desired an existence qualitatively different than the one scripted for them.

Me Too, Feminist Theory, and Surviving Sexual Violence in the Academy

By: Laura A. Gray-Rosendale

"Me Too, Feminist Theory, and Surviving Sexual Violence in the Academy collects a range of perspectives from sexual assault survivors with backgrounds in academia. 

Misogyny: The New Activism

By: Gail Ukockis

"New aspects of the misogyny that impacts girls and women worldwide continue to emerge every day. However, recent movements indicate a strong hunger for a meaningful resource for thoughtful activists. Impassioned but practical, this book discusses the social contexts of misogyny, such as toxic masculinity and rape culture.