McGuire’s history of the sexual violence as central to Black freedom struggles provides a vital perspective to histories of civil rights and sexual violence activism. Though this can be a difficult read because of its account of violence, it is also inspiring, as McGuire herself notes: Black women were vocal and protested attacks on their lives. At the Dark End of the Street offers a plethora of political and theoretical resources for readers.

Award-winning writer and public health executive Michelle Bowdler’s memoir confronts how sexual violence has been addressed for decades in our society, asking whether rape is a crime given that it is the least reported major felony, least successfully prosecuted, and fewer than 3% of reported rapes result in conviction. Cases are closed before they are investigated, and DNA evidence sits for years untested and disregarded. Given all this, it seems fair to ask whether rape is actually a crime. Twenty years later, after a career of working with victims like herself, Bowdler decided to find out what happened to her case and why she never heard from the police again after one brief interview. Is Rape a Crime? is an expert blend of memoir and cultural investigation.

Tarana Burke is the founder and activist behind the largest social movement of the 20th and 21st centuries, the me too movement, but first she had to find the strength to say ‘me too’ herself. Unbound is the story of how she came to those two words, after a childhood growing up in the Bronx with a loving mother that took a terrible turn when she was sexually assaulted. Tarana’s debut memoir explores how to piece back together our fractured selves. How to not just bring the me too movement back to empathy, but how to empathize with our past selves, with our bad selves, and how to begin to love ourselves unabashedly. This is her story of finding that for herself, and then spreading it to an entire world.

#MeToo and Literary Studies gathers essays on literature from Ovid to Carmen Maria Machado, by academics working across the United States and around the world, who offer clear ways of using our reading, teaching, and critical practices to address rape culture and sexual violence. It also examines the promise and limitations of the #MeToo movement itself, speaking to the productive use of social media as well as to the voices that the movement has so far muted.

Across the U.S. student activists are exposing a pervasive cover-up of sexual violence on college campuses. Every day more survivors come forward. But other survivors choose not to. We Believe You elevates the stories the headlines about this issue have been missing – more than 30 experiences of trauma, healing and everyday activism, representing a variety of voices, economic and family backgrounds, gender identities, immigration statuses, interests, capacities and loves. From young people at the forefront of the movement to end sexual assault on college campuses, Clark and Pino offer a collection of survivor stories that will connect with students and inform and inspire us all.