![]() ![]() I type this lightly, now, ‘writing a piece on,’ but in truth it took me half a year to get through Rape: A History. I had decided to write a piece on the intersection of law, language, and women’s bodies. I would come back to Bourke during my last years at university. I probably laughed, embarrassed by either the book or my friends. In case you were wondering where her Austen is, you will find it right next to Rape: A History. For a while it was something friends would point out when coming to visit- This is Yael’s bookshelf. I put it on the shelf, took it off again when I moved to a new apartment. My plan was read it, all of it, but I didn’t. The next day I bought the first work of hers I could find, and it was Rape: A History from 1860 to the Present (2007). It was about the cultural significance of fear and to this day still, one of the best lectures I’d ever been to. Once, during my BA, I stumbled into one of her guest lectures. ![]() One of my favourite scholars is Joanna Bourke. Warning: This book depicts sexual assault in detail.Īnger is the privilege of the truly broken, and yet, I’ve never met a woman who was broken enough that she allowed herself to be angry. Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture b y Roxane Gay - Yael van der Wouden ![]()
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