I was 21 when i read Emily Doe's victim impact statement on BuzzFeed. I was a university student. I went to frat parties.

I remember hearing the judge's decision. I remember my heart breaking. I remember hearing about Brock Turner's "promising future" and "20 minutes of action" and thinking, "what about her?" 

In her searing memoir, Emily Doe demands that we know her name. Chanel Miller. She takes back ownership of her identity, her story, her worth. She walks readers through the unimaginable suffering that "20 minutes of action" caused, saying with no uncertainty that those 20 minutes were only the beginning of years of fighting to be heard, and a lifetime of putting herself back together.

Heart wrenching. Upsetting. Painful. Hopeful.

HUGE TW for graphic descriptions of assault & victim blaming.