Student
Advocacy &
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WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY
Media Resources
Here you'll find a large collection of books, blogs, music, and more that all have to due with sexual violence in one way or another. Show your support for SAAW just by reading one of those books, listening to a playlist created on Spotify, or by visiting one of these amazing blogs.
"Know My Name"
- Chanel Miller
(This year's book club pick!)
"Dear Sisters: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence"
- Lisa Factora-Borchers
"I Never Called it Rape - Updated Edition: The Ms. Report on Recognizing, Fighting, & Surviving Date & Acquaintance Rape"
- Robin Warshaw
"The Beginning and Ending of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America"
- Sarah Deer
"An Untamed State"
- Roxane Gay
"Blood Water Paint"
- Joy McCullough
"We Believe You: Survivors of Sexual Assault Speak Out"
- Annie E. Clark & Andrea L. Pino
"Not that Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture"
- Edited by Roxane Gay
"Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide"
- Andrea Smith
"Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Ant-Violence Movement"
- Jennifer Patterson
"Speak"
- Laurie Hale Anderson
"We Should All Be Feminists"
- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
"Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence" - Bean
"Ask: Building Consent Culture"
- Kitty Stryker
"Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture & What We Can Do About It"
- Kate Harding
"Sexual Healing Journey"
- Wendy Maltz
"The Power"
- Naomi Alderman
"Any Man"
- Amber Tamblyn
"Nevertheless, We Persisted"
- Amy Klobuchar
"Milk & Honey"
- Rupi Kaur
"Letter to My Daughter"
- Maya Angelou
"Missoula" - Jon Krakauer
"The Shape of A Hundred Hips" - Patricia Cumbie
Click here and learn how to discover resources through WSU's libraries!
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Check out research guides for these areas for databases that may prove helpful in finding more specific information about sexual assault:
Criminal Justice
Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
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Resource Access
Here is a link to a Google document of suggested readings from the Colorado Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
Further Reading
CHICAGO
PUBLIC
LIBRARY
Here is a link to the Chicago Public Library's personal list of suggested readings for Sexual Assault Awareness Month!
HEALING
HONESTLY
Healing Honestly is a blog website that was created by a woman name Alisa (she/her/hers). Alisa has her own personal story that she's shared with the world in order to help herself and others. If you want a blog to check out, hers is one that you don't want to miss!
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WEBSITE: HealingHonestly.com
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Blogs
NSVRC
The National Sexual Violence Resource Center is a great blog that keeps everyone up to date on new information. It's a blog that you really don't want to miss out on!
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NPR created "20 Songs that Say 'Me Too'",
highlighting music meant to validate and empower survivors.
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Inspired by NPR's idea, we decided to create our very own Spotify playlist for everyone to enjoy! Here we have a large variety of musicians from Demi Lovato to The Fray and even Whitney Houston. Enjoy this playlist from us to you.
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