BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Clapp Memorial Library - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Clapp Memorial Library
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://clapplibrary.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Clapp Memorial Library
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20200308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20201101T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20210314T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20211107T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20220313T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20221106T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211116T200000
DTSTAMP:20260411T114613
CREATED:20211020T210259Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211020T210715Z
UID:10001063-1637089200-1637092800@clapplibrary.org
SUMMARY:Massachusetts Must Read Authors - Michelle Bowdler ('Is Rape A Crime?')
DESCRIPTION:On Tuesday\, November 16 at 7pm\, the Clapp Memorial Library is joining the Tewksbury Public Library in hosting Michelle Bowdler for a presentation on her critically acclaimed book\, Is Rape A Crime?: A Memoir\, An Investigation\, and A Manifesto via Zoom.  The book was named a MUST READ BOOK in the Massachusetts Center of the Book’s Mass Book Awards. It was also longlisted for the National Book Award. \nCLICK HERE TO REGISTER \nAbout The Book: Award-winning writer and public health executive Michelle Bowdler’s memoir indicts how sexual violence has been addressed for decades in our society\, asking whether rape is a crime given that it is the least reported major felony\, least successfully prosecuted\, and fewer than 3% of rapists ever spend a day in jail. Cases are closed before they are investigated and DNA evidence sits for years untested and disregarded Rape in this country is not treated as a crime of brutal violence but as a parlor game of he said / she said. It might be laughable if it didn’t work so much of the time. Given all this\, it seems fair to ask whether rape is actually a crime. \nIn 1984\, the Boston Sexual Assault Unit was formed as a result of a series of break-ins and rapes that terrorized the city\, of which Michelle’s own horrific rape was the last. Twenty years later\, after a career of working with victims like herself\, Michelle decides to find out what happened to her case and why she never heard from the police again after one brief interview. An expert blend of memoir and cultural investigation\, Michelle’s story is a rallying cry to reclaim our power and right our world. \nAbout The Author: Michelle Bowdler is the Executive Director of Health & Wellness at Tufts University and\, after graduating from the Harvard School of Public Health\, has worked on social justice issues related to rape for over a decade. Is Rape a Crime? is her first book. She is a recipient of a 2017 Barbara Deming Memorial Award and has been a Fellow at Ragdale and the MacDowell Colony. Bowdler’s writing has been published in the New York Times and her essays “Eventually You Tell Your Kids” and “Babelogue” were nominated for Pushcart Prizes. Learn more about Bowdler HERE.
URL:https://clapplibrary.org/event/massachusetts-must-read-authors-michelle-bowdler-is-rape-a-crime/
LOCATION:Virtual\, MA
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Lecture
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR