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We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out - Softcover

Clark, Annie E.; Pino, Andrea L.

 
9781627795333: We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1627795332 ISBN 13: 9781627795333
Verlag: HENRY HOLT, 2016

Inhaltsangabe

<p><b>"Me too. It happened to me too." </b><br><br>More than one in five women and 5 percent of men are sexually assaulted while at college. Some survivors are coming forward; others are not. In <i>We Believe You</i>, students from every kind of college and university—large and small, public and private, highly selective and less so—share experiences of trauma, healing, and everyday activism, representing a diversity of races, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities, and loves. Theirs is a bold, irrefutable sampling of voices and stories that should speak to all.</p>

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In 2013, <b>Annie E. Clark</b> and <b>Andrea L. Pino,</b> along with others, filed a federal complaint against the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for mishandling sexual assault reports; since then, students across the nation have filed similar complaints and the government has opened more than 200 investigations. Clark and Pino are two of the founders of End Rape of Campus, an organization providing support for survivors and working to end campus sexual assault. Their stories are prominently featured in the award-winning documentary <i>The Hunting Ground</i>. They are two among many, tirelessly seeking justice on behalf of survivors.

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We Believe You

Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out

By Annie E. Clark, Andrea L. Pino

Henry Holt and Company

Copyright © 2016 Annie E. Clark and Andrea L. Pino
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-62779-533-3

Contents

Title Page, 
Copyright Notice, 
Dedication, 
Epigraph, 
Introduction, 
I — BEFORE, 
Our Stories — Elise Siemering, Lauren, Andrew Brown, Anonymous S, Aysha Ives, Anonymous V, Fabiana Diaz,Anonymous XY, 
From "The Elegy of I" — Sari Rachel Forshner, 
I'm Going to College — Andrea Pino, 
Colleges, 
II — HOW IT HAPPENED, 
Our Stories, continued, 
The Attacker: A Chorus, 
Assaulted by Strangers, Twice — Zoë Rayor, 
Dear Abuelita — Andrea Pino, 
I Startle Easily — Anonymous A, 
Star Wars — Johanna Evans, 
Blackout — Abbi Gatewood, 
Gang Rape at Oregon State — Brenda Tracy, 
A Letter to My Daughter — Anonymous K Right After, 
III — TRAUMA AND BETRAYAL, 
Our Stories, continued, 
Friends: A Chorus, 
The Surprising Bravery of Others — Anonymous V, 
Code Switch: [TEXT NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] — A. Zhou, 
Parents: A Chorus, 
Rape Culture: A Chorus, 
From "The Elegy of I" — Sari Rachel Forshner, 
Tennis Was My Life — Elly Fryberger, 
People You May Know — Kevin Kantor, 
The Punishments: A Chorus, 
Betrayals — Andrea Pino, 
Untouchable: Being a Trans Survivor — Princess Harmony, 
The Dangerous Myth of the "Ideal" Survivor — Princess Harmony, 
Anger: A Chorus, 
Unaccepted Students Day — A. Lea Roth and Nastassja Schmiedt, 
IV — HEALING AND EVERYDAY ACTIVISM, 
Our Stories, continued, 
My Dog, My Best Friend — Zoë Rayor, 
Our First Conversation — Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, 
Speak Out — Julia D., 
If It Happens to You: A Chorus, 
Accepting Entropy: How My Dad Used the Second Law of Thermodynamics to Teach Me How to Survive — Liz Weiderhold, 
Again — Regina Gonzalez-Arroyo, 
Relationships After: A Chorus, 
Olivia Benson Believes Me — Anonymous H, 
The After — Sari Rachel Forshner, 
Slowly, You Start Forgetting — Anonymous V, 
ƒ(Survival): A Function of Survival — Aditi, 
I Believe Myself: On Creativity and Healing — A. Lea Roth and Nastassja Schmiedt, 
My Own Lingerie — Abbi Gatewood, 
"Lux Libertas" — Andrea Pino, 
Women's Studies Built Me — Stephanie Canales, 
The Teal Forks Timeline — Fabiana Diaz, 
Then Came Activism: A Chorus, 
The Professor: Some Notes on My Experience — Katie Rose Guest Pryal, 
Songs for Survival: A Playlist — A. Lea Roth and Nastassja Schmiedt, 
I Am a Phoenix — Brenda Tracy, 
V — DECLARATIONS OF INDEPENDENCE, 
Statement from the Artist on Doing a Self-portrait About Rape — Chloe Allred, 
Tattoos — Annie Clark, 
Reclaiming College — Lilly Jay, 
School After: A Chorus, 
Dear Harvard: This Fight Is Not Over — Ariane Litalien, 
An Important Event — Sofie Karasek, 
I Write On — Annie Clark, 
I Have Been Told That My Skin Is Exceptionally Smooth — Regina Gonzalez-Arroyo, 
Dear Emily Yoffe — Kamilah Willingham, 
How to Become an Activist — Annie Clark and Andrea Pino, 
RIGHTS AND RESOURCES, 
Help 101: What to Do Immediately After Experiencing Violence, 
Resources: Our Top Picks, 
"Why Didn't You Go to the Police?" — Annie Clark, 
Title IX, 
Campus Sexual Assault Victims' Bill of Rights, 
A Note on Representation — Andrea Pino, 
Glossary, 
Our Fuller Dedication, 
Notes, 
Acknowledgments, 
About the Authors, 
Copyright,


CHAPTER 1

PART I

BEFORE

Six years ago, I tore the blue seal of the large envelope that held my acceptance letter to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC). I came from a tight-knit Cuban family that had never had the opportunity to even consider college. I was going to be the first one in my family to make it, and I loved everything about Carolina.

— Andrea Pino, survivor who attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


To understand our journeys of healing and survivorhood is also to understand that we live in a culture that warns us to avoid the moment when sexual assault will break us, as if we could avoid that moment — a culture that tells us what clothes to wear, what signs to give, what signs not to give, and what not to drink, as if by making such personal adjustments we might have the power to avoid the violence done onto our bodies against our will.

Even before sexual assaults occur, we live betrayed by a society that blames us for any violence that might happen to us — and blames us for our gender performance or for our lack of femininity or masculinity, and blames us for our willingness to challenge these rigid social expectations, as if these facts about us, as if these qualities inherent in our identities, warrant violence.

Before sexual assault, we were children told of the adventures that awaited us in college — "the best four years of your life!" We were courted by pristine, colorful brochures that invited us, encouraged us, to ask big questions and to contribute to a community that wanted us.

Before sexual assault, there was an element of innocence within us, an innocence that bought into the belonging that the colleges and universities advertised.

We were customers, but we were also dreamers.

Before we were sexually assaulted, the colleges and universities sold us trust, love, and safety; and we bought in with our tuition dollars and our hearts.


Our Stories


ELISE SIEMERING

I grew up in Hickory, North Carolina, below the mountains. Surprisingly, I didn't do mountain things. I ran track all four years of high school, but I was mostly into music growing up. I was involved in all kinds of music — percussion in middle school and high school; the band in high school; and singing. I was in church choirs, and in school choirs in elementary, middle, and high school. I didn't have a favorite musical activity — just anything.

My dad teaches fifth grade, and my mom is a school social worker. Growing up, I also enjoyed spending time with family and friends. I have a younger sister.

I always saw myself attending a small college in North Carolina. Also, I have mild cerebral palsy on my right side, so it was easier to be closer to home for all those doctor appointments. In January of my senior year of high school, my dad came home one day and said one of his coworkers went to High Point University, so we pulled up their website. They had small classes and a small school environment, which was what I wanted, plus, they were about an hour and a half from home. I applied and got accepted and did this thing called Summer Experience, where freshmen can come early and take classes. That's where I met Marie, my best friend. I started there in the summer of 2008. I was eighteen.

I was very involved at High Point. I did campus activities, was pretty much your normal college student. I loved hanging out, was very social, very involved, and had a great group of friends.

My assault...

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Verlag
HENRY HOLT
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1627795332
ISBN 13 
9781627795333
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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