Staff Pick
This book contains unaltered excerpts from the author's diary she kept when she was 11 years old, alongside intelligent commentary from her perspective now. This is both academic and personal and everything I wish I could tell my younger self. Side fun fact: Lindin is a Harvard graduate! Recommended By Junix S., Powells.com
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Synopsis
When Emily Lindin was eleven years old, she was branded a "slut" by the rest of her classmates. For the next few years of her life, she was bullied incessantly at school, after school, and online. At the time, Emily didn't feel comfortable confiding in her parents or in the other adults her my life. But she did keep a diary. Slut/UnSlut is adapted from Emily's much-acclaimed blog "The UnSlut Project" presenting unaltered excerpts from that diary alongside split-page commentary to provide context and perspective.
About the Author
Emily Lindin is a Harvard graduate, PhD candidate, and suicide prevention activist living in Southern California. The UnSlut Project was inspired by her own experience. When she was eleven years old, she was branded a "slut" by her classmates and was bullied at school, after school, and online. During all this, she kept a regular diary. The UnSlut Project began when Emily, as an adult, chose to publish her own middle school diaries online in response to learning about the suicides of several teen girls who had experienced similar slut shaming and bullying, and a strong desire to reach out to others who still suffer such abuse. Her diaries have been read by hundreds of thousands of people and have brought much attention to the practice of slut shaming and the harassment of young women. Now, the project has expanded to include the collected stories of many women who suffered slut shaming and sexual bullying, but have overcome it in various ways. In 2015, the project expands to include a book, UnSlut, written by Emily Lindin and published by Zest Books, as well as a documentary film. Emily has appeared on dozens of TV and radio shows including "The Katie Show" with Katie Couric, and was recently named as one of Glamour magazine's "Heroes of the Week"