All That Is Bitter and Sweet_ A Memoir - Ashley Judd [219]
3 I couldn’t have guessed that my own story: Becoming aware of the extraordinary normalization of sexual violence in mainstream pornography is profoundly unpleasant, but breaking this denial is essential. I highly recommend the following material, with the reminder that it is disturbing and traumatizing: “The Cruel Edge: The Painful Truth About Today’s Pornography—And What Men Can Do About It,” in Sexual Assault Report, January–February 2004; Gail Dines, Robert Jensen, and Ann Russo, Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality (London: Routledge, 1998); Robert Jensen, Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity (Boston: South End, 2007); “Guilty Pleasures: Pornography, Prostitution, and Stripping,” from The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women, and How All Men Can Help by Jackson Katz (Chicago: Sourcebooks, 2006); and the documentary film The Price of Pleasure, produced, directed, and written by Dr. Chyng Sun, http://thepriceofpleasure.com/.
It has been mentioned in this book that boys and men are equally constrained and damaged by sexist attitudes and practices and that our brothers have an essential role to play in the peaceful transformation of unfair and imbalanced societies into ones where gender equality is the norm. Further discussion of this topic is outside the scope of this book, and the author encourages readers to explore recourses such as the International Center for Research on Women, including its GEMS program (www.icrw.org), and the MVP (Mentoring Violence Prevention) programs here in America, www.jacksonkatz.com.
Epilogue
1 “Powerfully powerless”: Desmond Tutu and Mpho Tutu, Made for Goodness, p. 11.
Acknowledgments
1 Marshall Ganz (my glorious advisor): Professor Ganz is a social movements and grassroots organizing pioneer who is a beloved favorite at the Kennedy School, and for ample reason. His generosity with students is legendary, as is his ability to effortlessly infuse academic work with personal meaning and passion. His courses on public narrative and moral leadership (the latter co-taught with Professor Bernard Steinberg) are transformative and unforgettable. For a window into his insights, please see Marshall Ganz, Why David Sometimes Wins: Leadership, Organization, and Strategy in the California Farm Worker Movement (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009).
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
ASHLEY JUDD is an actor, advocate, and activist. She recently graduated from Harvard Kennedy School and continues to appear in films. She serves on the board of directors of Population Services International, Defenders of Wildlife, Shaker Village of Mt. Pleasant, and the leadership councils of International Center for Research on Women and Apne Aap Worldwide. She has addressed the United Nations, the Senate Foreign Relations committee, and the National Press Club, has served as an expert for the Clinton Global Initiative and the International AIDS conference, and her op-eds have been published in major newspapers. She and her husband, race-car driver Dario Franchitti, live in Tennessee and Scotland with their many beloved animals.
ashleyjudd.com
MARYANNE VOLLERS is the author of Ghosts of Mississippi, a finalist for the National Book Award. She has also collaborated on two memoirs: Living History, with Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Ice Bound, with Jerri Nielsen, both #1 New York Times bestsellers.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Epigraph
Contents
Foreword by Nicholas D. Kristof
Prologue
Chapter 1 - Family of Chance, Family of Choice
Chapter 2 - The Safest Place in the World
Chapter 3 - Buttermilk and Morning Glories
Chapter 4 - Through the Trapdoor
Chapter 5 - Making of A Rabble-Rouser
Chapter 6 - Ouk Srey Leak
Chapter 7 - Avenging Angel of the Sisterhood
Chapter