"In 2000, at the age of 23, after surviving years of violence and exploitation, Lloyd founded Girls..."

"In 2000, at the age of 23, after surviving years of violence and exploitation, Lloyd founded Girls Education & Mentoring Services (GEMS), an NGO that advocates for sexually exploited girls. Girls Like Us offers a vivid account of Lloyd's journey from abused to acclaimed, weaving the personal with the professional for a bold look at an issue which has, for too long, been sidelined. Yet her memoir seems to cloud, and in some ways even undermine, the issue of sexual exploitation rather than illuminate it. Lloyd seeks to clear a space for new voices, especially those of young women who have been sexually exploited and silenced. Yet with her own impressionable story and public persona, Lloyd takes up much of the air."

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Jessica Mack, in a good critique of Rachel Lloyd's memoir at Alternet (via melissa)

I am reading this book now, and will write about it soon.