READ. WATCH. LISTEN. If You Enjoyed "Know My Name" by Chanel Miller
Our June Badass Women’s Book Club book, Know My Name: A Memoir by Chanel Miller was a powerful book. It was perhaps one of my favorites of all of our book club picks. To say I “enjoyed” it makes it sound trite - it was much too deep, too full of her hurt, and yet also full of promise and strength. I can’t recommended it highly enough…
Here are some READ, WATCH, LISTEN recommendations based on the book…
In Believe Me, contributors ask and answer the crucial question: What would happen if we didn't just believe women, but acted as though they matter? If we take women's experiences of online harassment seriously, it will transform the internet. If we listen to and center survivors, we could revolutionize our systems of justice. If we believe Black women when they talk about pain, we will save countless lives.
Netflix’s Unbelievable is a dramatization of true serial rape cases and follows Marie, a teenager who was charged with lying about having been raped and the two detectives who followed a twisting path to arrive at the truth. You can watch the trailer here.
Listen to the Recode Decode podcast episode with "She Said" authors Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey on Harvey Weinstein's downfall and the unanswered questions of the #MeToo movement. You can check it out here.
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