Read, See and Listen / Learn About Sexual Assault and Prevention
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Books/FICTION
Allison, Dorothy. Two or Three Things I Know for Sure. Plume, 1996.
Donoghue, Emma. Room: A Novel. Little Brown & Company, 2010.
Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. Riverhead Trade, 2004.*
Lamb, Wally. She’s Come Undone. Pocket, 1998.
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009.
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl who Played with Fire. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.
Larsson, Stieg. The Girl who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.
Morrison, Toni. The Bluest Eye. Vintage, 2007.
Rivecca, Suzanne. Death Is Not an Option: Stories. W. W. Norton & Company, 2010.
Sapphire. Push: A Novel. Vintage, 1997.*
* Film adaptation
Books/POETRY
Brown, Nickole. Sister. Red Hen Press, 2007.
Howe, Marie. What the Living Do. W. W. Norton & Company, 1999.
Books/NON-FICTION & MEMOIRS
Feuereisen, Patti. Invisible Girls: The Truth about Sexual Abuse. Seal Press, 2005.
Funk, Rus Ervin. Reaching Men: Strategies for Preventing Sexist Attitudes, Behaviors and Violence. Jist Publishing, 2006.
Katz, Jackson. The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help. Sourcebook Press, 2006.
Kristoff, Nicholas and Sheryl WuDunn. Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. Knopf, 2009.
Lemon, Don. Transparent. Farrah Gray Publishing, Inc., 2011.
Rosenthal, Chuck. Never Let Me Go. Red Hen Press, 2004.
Sebold, Alice. Lucky: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster, 1999.
Tarbox, Katherine. A Girl’s Life Online. Plume, 2004.
Books/SELF-HELP
Atkinson, Matt. Resurrection after Rape. RAR Publishing, 2008.
Dave, Laura & Ellen Bass. The Courage to Heal and The Courage to Heal Workbook. Collins, 1994.
Davis, Laura. Allies in Healing: When the Person You Love Was Sexually Abused as a Child. Harper Paperbacks, 1991.
Maltz, Wendy. The Sexual Healing Journey. Collins, 2001.
Robinson, Lori S. I Will Survive: The African American Guide to Healing from Sexual Assault and Abuse. Seal Press, 2003.
Books/YOUNG ADULT FICTION
Anderson, Laurie Halse. Speak. Penguin Putnam Books for Young Readers, 2001.*
Asher, Jay. 13 Reasons Why. Razor Bill, 2007.
Lyga, Barry. Boy Toy. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2007.
Lynch, Chris. Inexcusable. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2005.
Mackler, Carolyn. The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things. Candlewick Press, 2003.
McCormich, Patricia. Sold. Hyperion Press, 2006.
Rainfield, Cheryl. Scars. Westside Books, 2010.
Scott, Elizabeth. Living Dead Girl. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2008.
Summers, Courtney. Cracked Up to Be. St. Martin’s Press, 2008.
Wiess, Laura. Such a Pretty Girl. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
Williams, Carol Lynch. Glimpse. Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing, 2010.
* Film adaptation
Books/CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
Federico, Julie. Some Parts Are Not For Sharing. Tate Publishing, 2009.
Gesisen, Cynthia. My Body Is Special: A Family Book about Sexual Abuse. Abbey Press, 2006.
FILMS
The Accused / Director: Johnathan Kaplan (Paramount) Rated R
Antwone Fisher / Director: Denzel Washington (20th Century Fox) Rated PG-13
Born Into Brothels: Calcuttas’s Red Light Kids / Directors: Zana Briksi and Ross Kauffman (Red Light Films) Rated R
Boys Don’t Cry / Director: Kimberly Peirce (20th Century Fox) Rated R
The Color Purple* / Director: Steven Spielberg (Warner Home Video) Rated PG-13
For Colored Girls** / Director: Tyler Perry (Lionsgate) Rated R
Crash / Director: Paul Haggis (Lionsgate) Rated R
Georgia Rule / Director: Garry Marshall (Universal Studios) Rated R
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo*+ / Director: David Fincher (MGM Studios) Rated R
Mysterious Skin* / Director: Gregg Araki (Desperate Pictures) Rated NC-17
North Country* / Director: Niki Caro (Warner Home Video) Rated R
Precious* / Director: Lee Daniels (Lionsgate) Rated R
*Adapted from a book
**Adapted from a play
MUSIC
2Pac / “Baby Don’t Cry (Keep Ya Head Up)”
Tori Amos / “Pandora’s Aquarium”
Fiona Apple / “Sullen Girl”
Belle and Sebastian / “Chalet Lines”
Big & Rich / “Holy Water”
Born Against / “Witness to a Rape”
Creed / “Wash Those Years Away”
Ani Difranco / “Gratitude”
The Dresden Dolls / “Slide”
Eve / “Love Is Blind”
Eve6 / “Friend of Mine”
Amy Grant / “Ask Me”
Pink / “Long Way to Happy”
WEB
www.thecenteronline.org
www.crisisconnectioninc.org
www.girleffect.org
www.incasa.org
www.kasap.org
www.malesurvivor.org
www.mencanstoprape.org
www.rainn.org
www.startbybelieving.org
www.vday.org
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