I Have The Right To’s Recommended Reading

Non-Fiction, Sexual Assault

Sexual Justice, Alexandra Brodsky

Catch and Kill, Ronan Farrow

Consent on Campus: A Manifesto, Donna Freitas

Not That Bad, Roxane Gay

She Said, Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey

Missoula – Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, Jon Krakauer

Asking For It, Louise O’Nei

Even if You’re Broken, Katie Rose Guest Pryal

Roll Red Roll: Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland, Nancy Schwartzman

After Campus Sexual Assault: A Guide for Parents, Susan P. Sorenson

Credible, Deborah Tuerkheimer

Non-Fiction, Consent and Sex Education

Creating Consent Cultures, Marcia Baczynski & Erica Scott

Real Talk About Sex & Consent, Cheryl M. Bradshaw

Creating Cultures of Consent: A Guide for Parents and Educators, Laura McGuire

Boys & Sex: Young Men on Hookups, Love, Porn, Consent, and Navigating the New Masculinity, Peggy Orenstein

Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, Peggy Orenstein

Ask: Building Consent Culture, Kitty Stryker

Sex, Teens & Everything in Between: The New and Necessary Conversations Today’s Teenagers Need to Have about Consent, Sexual Harassment, Healthy Relationships, Love, and More, Shafia Zaloom

The Emotional Lives of Teenagers, Lisa Damour

Non-Fiction, Trauma

The Courage to Heal, Ellen Bass & Laura Davis

Waking the Tiger, Peter Levine

The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness, and Healing in a Toxic Culture, Gabor Maté, MD with Daniel Maté

What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, Bruce Perry, MD, PhD & Oprah Winfrey

The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel Van Der Kolk, MD

Memoirs

Is Rape a Crime?: A Memoir, an Investigation, and a Manifesto, Michelle Bowdler

Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement, Tarana Burke

The Moment: Standing Up to Bill Cosby, Speaking Up for Women, Andrea Constand

Notes on a Silencing: A Memoir, Lacy Crawford

All Boys Aren’t Blue: A Memoir Manifesto, George M. Johnson

Unslut: A Diary and a Memoir, Emily Lindin

Know My Name: A Memoir, Chanel Miller

I Have the Right To: A High School Survivor’s Story of Sexual Assault, Justice and Hope, Chessy Prout with Jenn Abelson

Reading Chessy’s book? Use our reading group guide as you go.

For Moms

Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself, Kristin Neff, PhD

Regarding Men and Masculinity

The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help, Jackson Katz

You Throw Like a Girl: The Blind Spot of Masculinity, Don McPherson

For the Love of Men: From Toxic to a More Mindful Masculinity, Liz Plank

Fiction

Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson

Beartown, Fredrik Backman

All Girls, Emily Layden

Talks and Research

“When Yes Means No: The Truth About Consent,” Joyce Short

The research of Jennifer Freyd, PhD

The research of David Lisak, PhD

Films, Television Series, and Documentaries

8th Grade, A24, 2018

Allen v. Farrow, HBO, 2021

Aly Raisman, Darkness to Light, Lifetime, 2021

Anatomy of a Scandal, Netfliix, 2022

Athlete A, Netflix, 2020

Audrie & Daisy, Netflix, 2016 

I am Evidence, HBO, 2017 

I May Destroy You, BBC Studios, Warner Brothers, 2020

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, Netflix, 2020

Moxie, Netflix, 2021

On the Record, HBO Max, 2020 

Phoenix Rising, HBO, 2022

Promising Young Woman, Focus Features, 2020

Roll Red Roll, Together Films, POV, 2018

Surviving R. Kelly, Lifetime Network, 2019

The Assistant, Bleecker Street, 2019

The Hunting Ground, RADiUS-TWC, 2015 

The Morning Show, Apple Inc., 2019

Unbelievable, Netflix, 2019

Untouchable, Hulu, 2019

What Haunts Us, Amazon Prime, 2018