The basis of the forthcoming NETFLIX series Grand Army.
Hailed by Gloria Steinem as “truthful, raw, and immediate,” SLUT examines sexual violence and rape culture through the eyes of high school students at a New York City high school.
"She's such a slut." Sound familiar?
When a sixteen-year-old Joey is sexually assaulted by three friends, her life is thrown into upheaval after she comes forward and realizes the extent of society’s deeply-rooted sexual double standards and rape culture. By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, the play SLUT captures the real lives of teens and young adults as they negotiate sex and the cruel scapegoating that still hobbles female sexuality and power.
This groundbreaking play and guidebook, written in collaboration with New York City high school students, offers communities and individuals concrete tools to inspire change and disrupt rape culture. SLUT includes production notes, a guide for talk-backs, and provocative essays by Leora Tanenbaum, Jennifer Baumgardner, Farah Tanis, Jamia Wilson, among others, providing the resources to inspire change within our communities and ourselves.
A riveting, true-to-life play and provocative essays examine rape and bullying culture, offering resources for survivors and bystanders.
"Katie Cappiello's powerhouse script examines the double standard that celebrates sexual activity by boys but denigrates it for girls." -Time Out New York
"Leading the charge to end slut shaming for good." -Teen Vogue
"A gutsy feminist play." -NYLON magazine
"The explicit link between slut-shaming, and the way it's used as a weapon against girls and against women who've been sexually assaulted...is the most valuable part of [the] book." -DAME magazine
"First and foremost, SLUT takes direct aim at slut-shaming." -RH Reality Check
"SLUT is truthful, raw and immediate! Experience this play and witness what American young women live with every day." -Gloria Steinem, author of My Life on the Road
"SLUT resonates to the core. It's a call to arms, a wake up call. It's harrowing and terrifying but also steadying and inspiring. It reminds us that we have work to do." -Elizabeth Cuthrell, producer of Meek's Cutoff
"SLUT is a breathtakingly brave, honest and brutal look at the reality of violence against women." -Kathy Najimy, Ms. Magazine's 2005 Woman of the Year
