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I was thrilled to receive this book as gift from a dear friend. The friend had attended a book talk and signing by the author, Ellen Bravo, in Washington, D.C. The dear friend got me a copy of the book and got it signed for me by the author. What joy! I adore such gifts.

I admit I had never heard of the book before it showed up in my mailbox. Yet, no book shall go unread in my home. Looking for something to replace the rattle of dissertation-driven journal articles, interviews, transcripts, and data analysis running through my head, I picked up Bravo's book. Then, I could not put Bravo's book down. The book isn't particularly deeply written. The vocabulary and thoughts are straight forward and no nonsense. Someone who saw me reading the book, and said she had heard of it, asked if it was a YA book - just to give you an indication of the reading level. Yet, the book is not YA; it's public service announcement weaved through a fictional narrative as a means to begin a conversation about campus rape, regardless of age.

Rape is not an easy topic to broach in public. It remains stigmatized. Survivors are still blamed for their own actions, dress, alcohol/drug consumption that preceded the rape. The way a person copes, or isn't able to cope, with the violence of rape is deeply personal and often fraught with successes, setbacks, and seeming contradictions epitomizing the struggle to become somewhat whole again. And, most recently, our society is increasingly aware of the prevalence of rape on college campuses, which has, and continues to be, ignored or hidden by college administrations in an effort to keep money rolling in. Bravo bravely broaches this topic because, I believe from reading her bio, she knows the conversation must take place.

I enjoyed the read - if one can enjoy being confronted, disgusted, and angry. The book is part history lesson on rape on college campuses by using alternating chapters of present and past. The book is part dissection of policy questioning who holds or should hold the power of judgment and punishment when rape occurs on college campuses. The book is also a confrontation of power and hierarchy that is characteristic of American society. Finally, the book is part political commentary, as we are lead to question how sexual violence is fodder for political strategy rather than a quest for justice. PLUS, there is the backdrop of a nonprofit - my area of scholarship and study - working for rape justice and how nonprofit boards can (questionably) impede an organization's social justice mission.

Bravo did a keen job with this, her first work of fiction. I intend to recommend the book to my university women's center to move forward a conversation about rape on my own campus. Campus rape happens. Campus administration should be held accountable for cover ups and hush ups.

I join Bravo in saying it's time to have a real conversation about the prevalence of rape on our college and university campuses.
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Christina_E_Mitchell | Sep 9, 2017 |
This was the textbook to a one-credit-hour class I took through my university's labor department, which I took off the shelf because I always finish any book I've begun reading. "The 9to5 Guide" was published in 1992 and revised in '99; the majority of its content reflects the earlier date and is somewhat dated as a result. The authors spend a good amount of time and energy arguing that sexual harassment is real and that it is a real problem--positions few would likely debate today. The book was written before the advent of email and text messaging, which automatically decreases its applicability today. Furthermore, the authors have a tendency to descend into rather touchy-feely psychology speak; I think most victims of sexual harassment these days would be more inclined to rack truly odious offenders than they would be to "form a support group" to "validate one another's feelings" and "begin the healing process." Still, the book is very useful for its legal explanations and lists of legal recourses for victims, which is probably why it's still in print.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Trismegistus | Dec 23, 2007 |

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