Shout Out: Women of Color Respond to Violence

by María Ochoa (Editor)

Shout Out was born of the hope that exists when women reach out to one another. Included are critical examinations, creative nonfiction, and poetry that explore a range of responses to the injustices that women worldwide sustain in their daily physical abuse, murder, rape, poverty, and psychological terror.  Many of the contributors are living proof of the remarkable and inspiring work that individuals and organizations are doing to end war, rape, murder, slavery, sex trade, domestic violence, poverty, and other forms of oppression. Others chose to share their struggles, pain, and knowledge in order to educate and change the way women are maltreated. Shout Out seeks to answer many questions, among How do so many women survive the violence of their daily lives? Where do they find hope? How can this violence still occur? This work gives voice to women whose stories are equally important they are difficult to fathom.  The goal of collecting these expressions together is to open the dialogue and acknowledge the wrongdoing, and in so doing find out how we might enact change.

Genres: Feminism, Anthologies, Nonfiction, Race, Poetry

432 pages, Paperback

First published December 28, 2007

Reviews

[Carol Roderick]

This book was very difficult to read due to the violence put upon the women noted in the book and all over the world. However i think we need to read of these atrocities and thus do something about it - a grass roots movement so to speak... the US is one of the few countries that can still implement this. It is a shame we are still having these injustices occur.

[Leah · Rating 2 out of 5]

I haven't finished this book yet but it's due back at the library and I have no particular desire to dip into the rest of it. Some of the pieces were quite good, and brought up excellent ideas; others were eyeroll-inducing and clearly written by someone who had an empowering conclusion to draw, facts be damned!

Also the poetry was awful and made me die inside.

[Cale · Rating 2 out of 5]

disorganized. lacking focus. some of the essays were brilliant first person accounts that made you feel their power/fear others were unedited sociology papers that needed to be reworked to be in an activist oriented book about women of color experience of violence against women

[Jackie Joice]

I highly recommend this anthology. It includes work from 40 women including me !