Resources

1. Ask: Building a Culture of Consent by Lea Grover
2. Asking for It: The Alarming Rise of Rape Culture--and What We Can Do about It by Kate Harding
3. *The Beginning and End of Rape: Confronting Sexual Violence in Native America by Sarah Deer
4. Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha and Ejeris Dixon
5. *The Body Keeps Score : Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel van der Kolk
6. *Boys and Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent and Navigating the New Masculinity by Peggy Orenstein
7. The Burning Light of Two Stars: A Mother-Daughter Story by Laura Davis
8. Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
9. Color of Violence: The INCITE! Anthology by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence
10. *Come as You Are: Revised and Updated: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life by Emily Nagoski
11. Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention by Donna Freitas
12. The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 20th Anniversary Edition by Ellen Bass and Laura Davis
13. Dear Sister: Letters from Survivors of Sexual Violence by Lisa Factora-Borchers and Aishah Shahidah Simmons
14. The Edge of Sex: Navigating a Sexually Confusing Culture from the Margins by Lisa Speidel and Micah Jones
15. Empowered Boundaries: Speaking Truth, Setting Boundaries, and Inspiring Social Change by Cristien Storm.
16. Gaslighting: A Step-by-Step Recovery Guide to Heal from Emotional Abuse and Build Healthy Relationships by Deborah Vinall
17. *Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape by Peggy Orenstein
18. Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay
19. *Intersections of Identity and Sexual Violence on Campus: Centering Minoritized Students' Experiences by Jessica C. Harris, Chris Linder, and Wagatawe Wanjuki
20. *Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller
21. Love WITH Accountability: Digging up the Roots of Child Sexual Abuse by Aishah Simmons
22. No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us by Rachel Louise Snyder
23. *Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxanne Gay
24. Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir by Lacy Crawford
25. *Queering Sexual Violence: Radical Voices from Within the Anti-Violence Movement by Jennifer Patterson
26. *Sexual Citizens: Sex Power and Assault on Campus by Jennifer S. Hirsch and Shamus Khan
27. The Sexual Healing Journey: A Guide for Survivors of Sexual Abuse, 3rd Edition by Windy Maltz
28. Sexual Justice: Supporting Victims, Ensuring Due Process, and Resisting the Conservative Backlash by Alexandra Brodsky
29. *Sexual Violence on Campus: Power-Conscious Approaches to Awareness, Prevention, and Response (Great Debates in Higher Education) by Chris Linder
30. Shameless: A Case for Not Feeling Bad About Feeling Good (About Sex) by Nadia Bolz-Weber
31. Some Men: Feminist Allies and the Movement to End Violence against Women by Michael Messner, Max Greenberg, and Tal Peretz
32. *Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror by Judith Herman
33. What You Really Really Want: The Smart Girl's Shame-Free Guide to Sex and Safety - Jaclyn Friedman
34. The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks
35. Written on the Body: Letters from Trans and Non-Binary Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence by Lexie Bean
36. Yes Means Yes: Vision of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape by Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti

Other Recommended Book Lists:

• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Gender Violence Service Coordinators Healing Library
• We Believe You: A Feminist Book List On Sexual Violence, Consent, And Masculinity

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