On this episode of en(gender)ed, our guest is Rachel Louise Snyder, an Associate Professor of Literature at American University and the author of Fugitive Denim, What We’ve Lost is Nothing and the recently released, No Visible Bruises.
We speak with Rachel today about her book and experience as a journalist and her coverage of the people, practices, and policies that are deftly portrayed in No Visible Bruises, shining a light on the epidemic of domestic violence and the ways in which our systems have failed to protect victims and survivors. Through her stories of victims, perpetrators, law enforcement, advocates, Rachel’s book debunks the myths that surround domestic violence and conveys an urgency for us as individuals and as a society to reframe how we view and respond to these acts of personal terrorism.
During our conversation, Rachel and I reference the following resources:
- Suzanne Dubus‘ work on high risk teams
- Mass shootings are domestic violence and the example of Charles Whitman in his University of Texas massacre
- Mildred Muhammad, wife of DC sniper and her work on ending domestic violence
- The work of Rebecca Solnit and of Rebecca Traister in describing our culture of sexism and misogyny
- Nieman Foundation’s work on media coverage of domestic violence
- Level Up’s work on producing journalistic standards for reporting on domestic violence
- Equal Press’s work on media accountability in reporting on gender-based violence
- Andre Dubus’ Townie: A Memoir
- Rachel’s NYT OpEd titled, “We Prosecute Murder Without the Victim’s Help. Why Not Domestic Violence?” and her review of the Crawford v. Washington Supreme Court case
- Voisine v. United States and the role of intent in prosecuting domestic violence cases
- Casey Gwinn
- Ibram Kendi’s Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
- The documentaries about the construction of gender identity in men: “The Mask You Live In” and “The Feminist in Cellblock Y“
- Peg Hacskaylo on the Survivor Resilience Fund program idea
- Natalia Otero’s DC Safe program for victims
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