Whatever gets you through : twelve survivors on life after sexual assault

Fowles, Stacey May, (editor.). Lee, Jen Sookfong, (editor.). Valenti, Jessica, (writer of foreword.).

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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781771643733
ISBN: 1771643730
Physical Description: print
xii, 219 pages ; 22 cm
Publisher: Vancouver : Greystone Books, [2019]
Copyright: ©2019

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

My hand became a fist / Lauren McKeon -- 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.