Whatever gets you through : twelve survivors on life after sexual assault / edited by Stacey May Fowles & Jen Sookfong Lee ; foreword by Jessica Valenti.
mother you need / Elisabeth de Mariaffi. The goose / Heather O'Neill -- My forbidden room / Alicia Elliott -- Skinny days / Juliane Okot Bitek -- The salvation in my sickness / Kai Cheng Thom -- Weaving a path to healing / Elly Danica -- Silence / Gwen Benaway -- The quiet ice / Karyn L. Freedman -- This (traumatized, kinky, queer) body holds a story / Amber Dawn -- A sister by water, a sister by blood / Soraya Palmer -- Not over it, not fixed, and living a life worth living: a disability justice vision of survivorhood / Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha -- The mother you need / Elisabeth de Mariaffi.
Summary:
"Through the voices of twelve diverse writers, Whatever Gets You Through offers a powerful look at the narrative of sexual assault not covered by the headlines--the weeks, months, and years of survival and adaptation that people live through in its aftermath. With a foreword by Jessica Valenti, an extensive introduction by editors Stacey May Fowles and Jen Sookfong Lee, and contributions from acclaimed literary voices such as Alicia Elliott, Elisabeth de Mariaffi, Heather O'Neill, and Juliane Okot Bitek, the collection explores some of the many different forms that survival can take."-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.