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Know My Name

Chanel Miller

Start date: November 2, 2019

Finish date: November 30, 2019

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Jun 08, 2023 Jaclyn~she lives! catching up on reviews~ rated it really liked it

Shelves: characters-writers, theme-racism, theme-mental-ilness, authors-american, country-usa, genre-memoir, states-california, trigger-warning-sexual-assault, theme-violence, theme-writing

If you don't want or don't have time to read this memoir, please go read her victim impact statement!

With this memoir Chanel Miller is able to take back her name and reclaim her power. She transcends her trauma.

This memoir is brave, it is painful, it is unfortunately relatable for many people.

And that is why it is important.

Chanel's story isn't an anomaly. She is one of many. Brock is just one predator in a sea of others. He isn't special. Chanel is special in that her voice and her ability to ...more

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Feb 19, 2020 Mariah Roze rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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I read this for the Goodreads' book club: Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to participate in the book club here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This book took me a longtime to get through and that was because it hits so close to home for me and all women. She talked about not being able to walk down the street by herself or with a group of women without being catcalled. And when she responded in a way that the men didn't like they used derogatory words towards her. I read this for the Goodreads' book club: Diversity in All Forms! If you would like to participate in the book club here is the link: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

This book took me a longtime to get through and that was because it hits so close to home for me and all women. She talked about not being able to walk down the street by herself or with a group of women without being catcalled. And when she responded in a way that the men didn't like they used derogatory words towards her. She shared her frustration that the only thing she could do was stop going on walks. It wasn't fair. It wasn't her fault. She talked about the guy that went around shooting women because no one would sleep with him. He felt it was all women's fault, because no one wanted to be with him. So it was okay to kill them. She talked about domestic violence and the women that tried to escape their significant others and got killed because of it.

And lastly, she (and women in general) dealt with all these issues and problems and when a nice man was sitting next to her, he offered her part of his veggies and the first thing she did was wonder why. Is he going to poison me? What will he do if I say no? What is his reasoning behind this? etc... She had all these different thoughts and scenarios go through her head. When all the man wanted to do was be kind.

Men ruin it for other men. Men ruin it for themselves.

"She was known to the world as Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford's campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral--viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case. Thousands wrote to say that she had given them the courage to share their own experiences of assault for the first time.
Now she reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words. It was the perfect case, in many ways--there were eyewitnesses, Turner ran away, physical evidence was immediately secured. But her struggles with isolation and shame during the aftermath and the trial reveal the oppression victims face in even the best-case scenarios. Her story illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicts a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shines with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life.
Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. It also introduces readers to an extraordinary writer, one whose words have already changed our world. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic." ...more

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Nov 28, 2019 Susan Bazzett-Griffith rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: psych-soc-fem-pop, memoirs-biography, favorites

An absolutely gripping memoir about Chanel Miller, aka Emily Doe in the infamous Brock Turner rape case, Know My Name shows that Chanel is so much more than a victim, and mainly that she is an exquisite writer. Her story is compelling, yes, but what really makes this book remarkable is the beauty of Miller's prose and imagery throughout the story. I had braced myself for this book to be difficult to read, and at times, it was indeed heartbreaking, but moreso, it was simply an excellent memoir ab ...more

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Jun 20, 2020 Erica rated it it was amazing

This book is so important. The way Chanel writes makes you feel like you are beside her every step of that arduous journey to bring Brock Turner to justice.

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