This book blew me away, and I will be thinking about it for a long time. I am so grateful to the friend who lent it to me, because I'm not sure if I would have picked it up on my own and I'd hate to have missed out on it. Chanel Miller is a writer, activist, artist in multiple medias including comics, and an occasional standup comedian. In January 2015 she was raped on the Stanford college campus in her hometown of Palo Alto. She decided to press charges and got dragged into a court case which lasted for years and was highly publicized in California. The name of the rapist, Brock Turner, was released, but she was known as Emily Doe in the press. In June 2016 the Victim's Impact statement which Miller read at the sentencing was published on Buzzfeed and went viral. I remember reading it, sitting at my desk, at work on a different college campus about an hour from Stanford. I remember the pure unflinching honesty of the piece, the kind of diamond hard truth that cuts through bullshit like a sword. And yet, despite Brock Turner being found guilty of three felonies by a unanimous jury, he was sentenced to only three months jail time, and the appeals process dragged out for six further months. Despite the heavy subject this book is a pleasure to read, funny, enraging, moving and meditative by turns. I am in love with Miller's writing. I really hope she publishes more books in the future, as I will pick up anything she writes, fiction or nonfiction. For now I will enjoy the short work she posts on instagram and recommend this book to everyone.