Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction xi
4. Acknowledgments xix
5. The Case for Reparations 1
6. Women Aren’t Welcome Here 51
7. The College Rape Overcorrection 75
8. When Michael Dunn Compared Himself to a Rape Victim, He Was Following an Old, Racist Script and I Don’t Care If You Like It and The Slenderman Stabbing Shows Girls Will Be Girls, Too 113
9. Shame and Survival 133
10. Inside the Iron Closet 151
11. Love and Ruin 175
12. The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie 227
13. The Truth About Chicago’s Crime Rates 267
14. The Sea of Crises 313
15. Zombies on the Walls: Why Does So Much New Abstraction Look the Same? and Taking in Jeff Koons, Creator and Destroyer of Worlds and Post- Macho God: Matisse’s Cut-Outs Are World- Historically Gorgeous 345
16. Follow Me 363
17. Jackie’s Goodbye 379
18. This Old Man 411
19. The Emerald Light in the Air 427
20. Permissions 447
21. Contributors 451