You Are Invited: A Conversation on Sexual Violence in Asian America

Abstract

ABSTRACT In this conversation, we come together as two literary scholars who care deeply about working against sexual violence. We explore the difficulties of talking about rape culture in our own lives and in literature, the need for soft approaches to activism and academia, and how to cultivate expansive practices in reading literature on sexual violence. Building upon the work of Black and women of color feminists who actively practice collaboration and community, we invite readers to join us as we imagine responses to rape culture that are futuristic and inventive as rape culture is ancient, vast, and deep.