Chanel Miller

E, por fim, às raparigas de todo o mundo, eu estou convosco. Nas noites em que se sentirem sozinhas, eu estou convosco. Quando duvidarem de vocês ou vos ignorarem, eu estou convosco. Lutei todos os dias por vocês. Por isso, nunca parem também de lutar. Eu acredito em vocês. A justiça falhou-lhe. A história de Chanel Miller revolucionou o mundo. Em 2015, Brock Turner foi apanhado em flagrante a abusar sexualmente de Miller no campus da Universidade de Stanford, na Califórnia, e condenado a apenas seis meses de prisão. A leveza da pena e o testemunho poderoso de Chanel, visto e ouvido por onze milhões de pessoas em quatro dias, geraram uma onda de indignação global e vontade de ação imediata. A declaração foi lida no Congresso americano, motivou alterações na lei californiana e avaliações ao comportamento e decisão do juiz. Ela recusou ser apenas mais uma estatística. Este é o Meu Nome é uma memória íntima e emocionante, a denúncia de uma cultura patriarcal que favorece agressores e de um sistema de justiça criminal projetado para dececionar os mais vulneráveis. Misturando dor, resiliência e uma grande sensibilidade, este cativante relato está destinado a tornar-se um clássico moderno, uma leitura essencial para inspirar a mudança e estender uma mão empática a todas as sobreviventes de agressão sexual. E a sua voz ergueu um exército.

Sie war unter dem Pseudonym Emily Doe bekannt, als sie vor Gericht einen Brief an Brock Turner verlas. Den Mann, der sie nach einer Party an der Stanford University hinter einem Müllcontainer vergewaltigt hatte und zu nur sechs Monaten Haft verurteilt worden war. Millionen Menschen lasen den Brief weltweit, er wurde in zahlreiche Sprachen übersetzt und der Kongress debattierte über den Fall. Schließlich wurde der zuständige Richter abgesetzt und die Gesetze in Kalifornien angepasst, um Opfer zu schützen. Wortmächtig beschreibt die Autorin, wie es sich anfühlt, den eigenen Körper wie eine Jacke abstreifen und wegwerfen zu wollen. Wie unsere Gesellschaft über den Alkoholkonsum, die Kleidung, das Liebesleben und die Sexualität von Frauen urteilt. Sie deckt Strukturen auf, die tief in unserer Gesellschaft verankert sind. Ihre Geschichte zeigt, dass Sprache die Kraft hat zu heilen und Veränderungen herbeizuführen.

SHE WAS KNOWN TO THE WORLD AS Emily Doe when she stunned millions with a letter. Brock Turner had been sentenced to just six months in county jail after he was found sexually assaulting her on Stanford’s campus. Her victim impact statement was posted on BuzzFeed, where it instantly went viral—viewed by eleven million people within four days, it was translated globally and read on the floor of Congress; it inspired changes in California law and the recall of the judge in the case. Thousands wrote to say that she had given them the courage to share their own experiences of assault for the first time. Now she reclaims her identity to tell her story of trauma, transcendence, and the power of words. It was the perfect case, in many ways—there were eyewitnesses, Turner ran away, physical evidence was immediately secured. But her struggles with isolation and shame during the aftermath and the trial reveal the oppression victims face in even the best-case scenarios. Her story illuminates a culture biased to protect perpetrators, indicts a criminal justice system designed to fail the most vulnerable, and, ultimately, shines with the courage required to move through suffering and live a full and beautiful life. Know My Name will forever transform the way we think about sexual assault, challenging our beliefs about what is acceptable and speaking truth to the tumultuous reality of healing. It also introduces readers to an extraordinary writer, one whose words have already changed our world. Entwining pain, resilience, and humor, this memoir will stand as a modern classic. A NOTE ON THE JACKET The gold veins on the cover represent the Japanese art of kintsugi, "golden repair," in which pieces of broken pottery are mended with powdered gold and lacquer, rather than treating the breaks as blemishes to conceal. The technique shows us that although an object cannot be returned to its original state, fragments can be made whole again.

New York Times bestselling author and artist Chanel Miller tells a fun, funny, and poignant story of friendship and community starring Magnolia Wu, a ten-year-old sock detective bent on returning all the lonely only socks left behind in her parents' NYC laundromat. Down at the bottom of the tall buildings of New York City, Magnolia Wu sits inside her parents’ laundromat. Magnolia has pinned every lost sock from the laundromat onto a bulletin board, in hopes that customers will return to retrieve them. But no one seems to have noticed. In fact, barely anyone has noticed Magnolia at all. What she doesn’t know is that this is about to be her most exciting summer yet. When Iris, a new friend from California arrives, they set off across the city to solve the mystery of each missing sock, asking questions in subways and delis and plant stores and pizzerias, meeting people and uncovering the unimaginable. With each new encounter, Magnolia learns that when you’re bold enough to head into the unknown, things start falling into place.

«Me llamo Chanel. Soy una víctima, no me da reparo utilizar esta palabra, pero sí creer que eso es todo lo que soy. Sin embargo, no soy “la víctima de Brock Turner”. No soy su nada. No le pertenezco». La historia de Chanel Miller cambió el mundo para siempre. En 2016, Brock Turner, de diecinueve años, la violó en el campus de Stanford. Lo que llegó después fue vivir bajo un pseudónimo y uno de los juicios más mediáticos de la historia de EE. UU., tras el que Turner fue sentenciado a tan solo seis meses de cárcel. Decidió compartir en la red la carta que leyó a su violador en el juicio: «Tú no me conoces, pero has estado dentro de mí, y por eso estamos aquí hoy», empezaba. Once millones de personas la leyeron en cuatro días, y provocó la indignación de un país y la reacción internacional. Después de cuatro años viviendo en el anonimato ha dado el paso de hacer pública su identidad. Y ha contado su historia. «Tengo un nombre» son unas memorias íntimas y profundamente conmovedoras, que transformarán para siempre nuestra percepción sobre la violencia sexual y que reclaman justicia, sobre todo, pero también el derecho a seguir viviendo.