SHE SAID BOOK
Using the powerful words of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Brett Kavanaugh, this book illustrates why it is important to believe and support survivors of sexual assault in the context of the #metoo movement.
In the U.S alone, one in three women and one in six men experience some form of sexual violence in their lifetime. This book is dedicated to survivors of sexual assault and sexual violence. I see you, I hear you, and above all, I believe you.
Check out the full, online version of the book here.
Fall 2018
SUPERVISION: Ben Kiel
Editorial Design
The title design was created to evoke the uneven weight of a man versus a woman’s story in sexual assault cases. No matter how true, eloquent and honest Christine’s words were, it is always the man’s voice that is given power and weight.
I introduced moments of hand-written type for the places in the testimony when Christine specifically describes the events of her assault. When I set these words in the display type, they felt impersonal and harsh. I wanted to evoke the human quality in her words, reinforcing that this happened to her, a human being.
I included tweets from the hearings as symbols of the national movement this case sparked across the nation. Through a kind of hashtag activism, citizens around the world rallied in solidarity with Dr. Ford. I felt this national and digital dialogue was an important part of the story and movement.
I included an article written by Simcha Fischer to further bring home my argument for my reader. A famous quote of this piece reads “When a woman says, “This man raped me a long time ago,” we say, “But that was in the past. He can’t change the past.” When a girl says, “This boy raped me last night,” we say, “But his future! We can’t wreck his future.” This phrase to me, perfectly articulated the ways in which our society victim blames and continues to consider the man’s future over the woman’s pain and right to justice.
