Advocating for Queer and BIPOC Survivors of Rape at Public Universities  
The #ChangeRapeCulture Movement

Highlights stories from BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ sexual violence survivors at public universities to advocate for their rights

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ISBN: 9781916704145
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How can stories from BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ sexual violence survivors at public universities help us to advocate for their rights and dismantle harmful stereotypes?

Every survivor of sexual abuse has a story to tell. Set up in 2019 at the University of Texas at San Antonio by queer Black students, The #ChangeRapeCulture movement works to champion the national conversation about rape culture at American universities.

Advocating for Queer and BIPOC Survivors of Rape at Public Universities documents the stories of BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ sexual violence survivors and offers theoretical groundings, model strategies, and practical solutions to aid understanding of rape culture at public universities, and advocate for survivors’ rights.

Student-led and survivor centred, this book is ideal reading for students of Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Gender Studies, Education Studies, Social Work, and Rhetoric, as well as student activists and university administrators.

  • Preface: Sum to say
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  • Learning objectives
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  • Chapter 1 Rape culture at public universities
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  • Exercise 1.1: It happens more than you think—script
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  • Exercise 1.2: It happens more than you think—large discussion debrief
  •  
  • Chapter 2 Living histories: The beginning of #CRC
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  • Exercise 2.1: Living history writing exercise 1
—personal histories
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  • Chapter 3 Survivor-centered models and a culture 
of consent
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  • Chapter 4 Living histories: Strategy and survival
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  • Exercise 4.1: Living history writing exercise 2
—group histories
  •  
  • Chapter 5 How to advocate for university student survivors—podcast transcription
  •  
  • Discussion topic themes and questions
  •  
  • References
  •  
  • Recommended further reading
  •  
  • Index

Taylor Waits (She/they) is cofounder of #ChangeRapeCulture and a PhD student studying Philosophy for Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kimiya Factory (She/her) is cofounder of #ChangeRapeCulture and holds a BA in Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Coreen Hale (She/her) is Programme Director at #ChangeRapeCulture and holds a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University.

Open Access License

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Open Access Policy

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  • 5% of all sales is set aside and pooled to fund author-choice open access publishing.
  • Every 6 months we track (and publish publicly) our average cost of production.

Open Access Approach

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About The Book

How can stories from BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ sexual violence survivors at public universities help us to advocate for their rights and dismantle harmful stereotypes?

Every survivor of sexual abuse has a story to tell. Set up in 2019 at the University of Texas at San Antonio by queer Black students, The #ChangeRapeCulture movement works to champion the national conversation about rape culture at American universities.

Advocating for Queer and BIPOC Survivors of Rape at Public Universities documents the stories of BIPOC, LGBTQIA2S+ sexual violence survivors and offers theoretical groundings, model strategies, and practical solutions to aid understanding of rape culture at public universities, and advocate for survivors’ rights.

Student-led and survivor centred, this book is ideal reading for students of Queer and LGBT+ Studies, Gender Studies, Education Studies, Social Work, and Rhetoric, as well as student activists and university administrators.

Table of Contents
  • Preface: Sum to say
  •  
  • Learning objectives
  •  
  • Chapter 1 Rape culture at public universities
  •  
  • Exercise 1.1: It happens more than you think—script
  •  
  • Exercise 1.2: It happens more than you think—large discussion debrief
  •  
  • Chapter 2 Living histories: The beginning of #CRC
  •  
  • Exercise 2.1: Living history writing exercise 1
—personal histories
  •  
  • Chapter 3 Survivor-centered models and a culture 
of consent
  •  
  • Chapter 4 Living histories: Strategy and survival
  •  
  • Exercise 4.1: Living history writing exercise 2
—group histories
  •  
  • Chapter 5 How to advocate for university student survivors—podcast transcription
  •  
  • Discussion topic themes and questions
  •  
  • References
  •  
  • Recommended further reading
  •  
  • Index
About The Author

Taylor Waits (She/they) is cofounder of #ChangeRapeCulture and a PhD student studying Philosophy for Rhetoric and Writing at the University of Pittsburgh.

Kimiya Factory (She/her) is cofounder of #ChangeRapeCulture and holds a BA in Political Science and a minor in Legal Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Coreen Hale (She/her) is Programme Director at #ChangeRapeCulture and holds a B.S. in Psychology from Loyola University.

About Open License

Open Access License

This book is published under an open license. You are free to use it under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International license (CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0). Any unauthorized use outside of this license is a violation of applicable copyright laws.

Open Access Policy

We believe in equity and transparency with our partners, so we use a different approach to funding open access books.

  • 5% of all sales is set aside and pooled to fund author-choice open access publishing.
  • Every 6 months we track (and publish publicly) our average cost of production.

Open Access Approach

Any of our authors at Lived Places Publishing can opt in to having their book considered for open access publishing. If they opt in, they will forgo royalties on the open access products (royalties will still be payable on printed books).

For more detail on our approach to open access publishing, please see our Open Access Policy, which is available in the footer of every page on the website.

Open Access Titles

Here is the complete list of published and forthcoming open access titles.

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