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In this episode Jessy and Rebekah speak with Title IX expert and author of the newly published memoir, Consent: A Memoir of Unwanted Attention. This book is all about Donna’s experience being stalked by her professor/advisor in graduate school – something that seriously impacted her experience, her well-being and her career post-graduation. In this conversation, we delve into her book, her career and how difficult and weighted it is for women to come forward and report abuse when the person abusing her has so much sway over her future. It is so complicated. But even through the heaviness and the complications rest assured we still found time to laugh! 00:30: Friends! We are really excited about our partnership with glow.fm. So much so that we are going to be offering exclusive content to our monthly subscribers! So visit glow.fm/welcometomyvagina to get in at the ground level! 02:30: You can purchase the print and e-version of Consent here. 03:30: We will be releasing an episode all about Title IX in the near future, but for those of your who are unclear as to what it is, here is a small primer from the organization “Know Your IX.” 18:50: Typically when we talk about mandatory reporting we are talking about people who have reason to suspect the abuse or neglect of a child – this applies to educators, athletic coaches, etc. But it also extends to people who suspect abuse or neglect of a dependent adult or an elderly person, or really to any member of a society. 33:30: Here is the best outline we could find on what Obama’s Title IX rules looked like. 34:00: “The Hunting Ground” is a 2015 documentary film about the incidence of sexual assault on campuses in the United States and the overwhelming failure of those institutions to adequately deal with them. Emma Sulkowicz was the Columbia University student who produced a piece of performance art called “Mattress Performance (Carry That Weight)” which involved them carrying a 50lb mattress on campus to express the burden that rape victims are forced to carry with them. 35:30: Here is a link to Michelle Obama’s speech after the Access Hollywood tape was released. Contact us! Watch us! Love us! Support us at glow! Check out our new Medium page! Email: welcometomyvagina@gmail.com Instagram: @welcometomyvagina Twitter: @welcometomyvag Jessy’s awesome YouTube videos! She’s crushing it Welcome to My Vagina HQ Rebekah’s blog! Our great producer Cait and all the other awesome projects by morebanana_