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A memoir of sexism, harassment, and assault. Shirley Jackson Award-winning author and three-time Lambda Finalist, Chavisa Woods presents one hundred personal stories of sexism, harassment, discrimination, and assault. Recounting her experiences with sexist discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual violence-beginning in childhood, through the present-Woods lays out clear and unflinching personal vignettes that build in intensity as the number of times grows. Individually, and especially taken as a whole, these stories amount to powerful proof that sexual violence and discrimination are never just one-time occurrences, but part of a constant battle all women face every day. In these extraordinary pages, sexual violence and sexist discrimination occur regardless of age, in all spheres of society, in rural and urban areas alike, in the US and abroad, from Woods' youth through adulthood. Demonstrating how often people are conditioned to endure sexism and harassment, and how thoroughly men feel entitled to women's spaces and bodies,100 Timesforces the reader to witness the myriad ways in which sexism and misogyny continuously shape women's lives, and are built-in facets of our society.

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Yes, it's hard to be female. Woods's fierce, honest memoir illustrates this fact. Illuminating the ways in which sexism targets women and infects the society at large, Woods shares her experiences with daring openness. In clear, precise prose, 100 TIMES is interesting, educational, dramatic and emotional. A must read. --Beverly Gologorsky; author of Every Body Has A Story

Yes, it's hard to be female. Woods's fierce, honest memoir illustrates this fact. Illuminating the ways in which sexism targets women and infects the society at large, Woods shares her experiences with daring openness. In clear, precise prose, 100 TIMES is interesting, educational, dramatic and emotional. A must read. --Beverly Gologorsky; author of Every Body Has A Story In 100 Times, Chavisa Woods documents 100 instances when she has experienced sexual violence and sexist discrimination. From the playground to the publishing world, the New York City subway to rural Illinois, the doctor's office to Wall Street. Methodical, straightforward, and meticulous, this book is just what we need at a time when the necessary statement of 'Me Too' often becomes obfuscated by vague rhetoric and sensational media headlines. By bravely sharing her own story, Chavisa Woods demands an end to routine and relentless gender-based violence and a fundamental accounting of how misogyny impacts social norms at the personal and structural level. --Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, author of Sketchtasy

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"Brooklyn-based writer Chavisa Woods is the author of the short story collectionThings to Do When You're Goth in the Country(Seven Stories Press, 2017), about whichBooklist, in a starred review, wrote, ""This book is tight, intelligent, and important, and sure to secure Woods a seat in the pantheon of critical 21st century voices;"" the novelThe Albino Album(Seven Stories Press, 2013); and the story collectionLove Does Not Make Me Gentle or Kind(Fly by Night Press, 2009). Woods was the recipient of the 2014 Cobalt Prize for fiction and was a finalist in 2009, 2014, and 2018 for the Lambda Literary Award for fiction. In 2018 Woods was the recipient of the Kathy Acker Award for Writing and the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette. Woods has appeared as a featured author at such notable venues as the Whitney Museum of American Art, City Lights Bookstore, Town Hall Seattle, the Brecht Forum, the Cervantes Institute, and St. Mark's Poetry Project."

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