Consent Word List

CONSENT

WATCH

1. The Invisible War — Kirby Dick, 2012 · Documentary · Sexual assault in the military and the systematic failure to address it.

2. Promising Young Woman — Emerald Fennell, 2020 · Film · Consent, rape culture, and the consequences of looking the other way.

3. Consent — Various · Multiple documentary explorations of consent education and its failures.

4. The Hunting Ground — Kirby Dick, 2015 · Documentary · Campus sexual assault and the institutions that protect perpetrators.

5. Roll Red Roll — Nancy Schwartzberg, 2018 · Documentary · The Steubenville rape case and the community that rallied around the rapists.

6. I May Destroy You — Michaela Coel, 2020 · Series · The most nuanced, complex portrayal of consent violation and its aftermath on screen.

7. Unbelievable — Various, 2019 · Series · A woman not believed when she reports rape; the institutional failure of consent to victims.

8. She Said — Maria Schrader, 2022 · Film · The Harvey Weinstein investigation; consent violations at systemic scale.

9. On the Record — Kirby Dick & Amy Ziering, 2020 · Documentary · Black women reporting sexual misconduct in hip-hop; consent and race.

10. Asking For It — Various · Documentary on rape culture and the myth of provocation.

LISTEN

1. Stuff Mom Never Told You: Consent episodes — Anney & Samantha · Consent history, culture, and what genuine agreement requires.

2. The Nod: Consent — Brittany Luse & Eric Eddings · Consent within Black culture and experience.

3. Sex Ed with DB — Danielle Bezalel · Consent as foundational sex education; what yes actually means.

4. Feminist Frequency Radio — Anita Sarkeesian · Consent and representation in media and culture.

5. My Favorite Murder — Karen Kilgariff & Georgia Hardstark · True crime through a feminist lens; consent violations and their consequences.

6. The Intercept: Weinstein coverage — Various · Reporting on consent violations and institutional complicity.

7. Hidden Brain: Power — Shankar Vedantam · Power dynamics that undermine genuine consent.

8. This American Life: Consent episodes — Various · Personal stories of consent’s violation and what it takes to speak.

9. Ear Hustle: Sexual violence — Earlonne Woods · Consent, sexual violence, and accountability inside prison.

10. RAINN Podcast — Various · Consent education and support from the leading anti-sexual violence organization.

READ

1. Know My Name — Chanel Miller · The victim in the Brock Turner case tells her own story; consent and its violation.

2. I May Destroy You — Michaela Coel, companion essays · The creative process behind the series and Coel’s own experience.

3. Asking For It — Kate Harding · Rape culture, consent, and why we so often refuse to believe victims.

4. Yes Means Yes — Jaclyn Friedman & Jessica Valenti (eds.) · Consent as enthusiastic, ongoing, and affirmative.

5. The Body Is Not an Apology — Sonya Renee Taylor · Bodily autonomy as the foundation of meaningful consent.

6. Not That Bad — Roxane Gay (ed.) · Essays on sexual violation across the spectrum; consent from those whose was ignored.

7. Hunger — Roxane Gay · A body shaped by sexual violation; consent’s absence and its long aftermath.

8. She Said — Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey · The Weinstein investigation; journalism as an act of consent restoration.

9. Missoula — Jon Krakauer · Campus rape and the failure of institutions to take consent seriously.

10. Consent on Campus — Donna Freitas · How universities handle and mishandle sexual consent.