Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation Own Voices Though the mainstream media saturates

Though the mainstream media saturates us with the boring norms of queer representation (with a recent focus on trans visibility)

a teenager who comes under the sway of a militant terrorist faction

An adored older brother vanishes into prison

co-authored by Jacci herself

"--Patricia Smith

Girls Play Dead: Acts of Self-Preservation Own Voices Though the mainstream media saturatesA lyrical and groundbreaking exploration of the misunderstood ways women survive and forever carry trauma from the award winning New York Times Magazine writer Jen Percy. "A groundbreaking exploration of women's often shamed and silenced responses to sexual assault Extensive, empathetic A vital record of a little discussed aspect of women's lived reality." Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Girls Play Dead reads like a novel, exquisitely rendered,