What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
The book offers practical guidance for allies on how to support survivors and advocate for change.
This nonfiction book shares the stories of survivors of campus sexual assault and the grassroots movement that emerged to fight back. We Believe You: Survivors of Campus Sexual Assault Speak Out Nomita's story is interspersed with that of three middle aged women on a vacation to the beach town, trying to escape the confines of their marriages. There, Nomita experiences sexual abuse at the hands of the guru.ĭecades later, Nomita returns to the town as a photographer, and the place then becomes an open wound in the text, revealing the hypocrisies of South Asian society in which spiritual leaders enforce women's "modesty" while abusing young girls, where men claiming progressive attitudes don't hesitate to hit a woman when rejected. Nomita Frederiksen, the protagonist of Roy's novel, witnesses at a young age the murder of her father, before she is abandoned by her mother and lands in an ashram run by a spiritual leader in the town of Jarmuli. The book offers practical tips for healing and coping with the effects of trauma, including mindfulness, yoga, and other forms of self-care. This nonfiction book explains the science of trauma and how it affects the brain and body. The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma
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