24 Hour Crisis Line 1-844-990-5500

(Hilltop's LATIMER HOUSE in Montrose - office number 970-241-0324)

24 Hour Crisis Line 1-844-816-3915

(San Miguel Resource Center in Telluride)

Useful Links

To Learn:

• A terrific primer on consent.

• A nice summary of the current crisis.

• A NYTimes article about rockers standing up against toxic masculinity.

• Twenty-five everyday examples of rape culture.

• Peggy Orenstein’s article about her work on toxic masculinity in The Atlantic Magazine

• Peggy Orenstein’s interview on Fresh Air with Terry Gross on NPR.org

• A Reading List for Men Who Care About Feminism

• Andrea Dworkin's stark essay called "I want a 24-hour Truce During Which There is No Rape."

• We Should All Be Feminists: a TEDx Talk by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• The Rape Kit's Secret History The story of the woman who forced the police to start treating sexual assault like a crime, at NYTimes.com

• Article describing rock musicians taking on toxic masculinity at NYTimes.com

• Great article on a woman’s growing insight into rape culture at NYTimes.com

• Brit Marling’s journey as an actress trying to fight Hollywood’s expectations of her, and their effects, both personal and cultural at NYTimes.com

• "Asking For It" a book by Kate Harding (at Amazon), a more complete definition of rape culture as well as a diagnosis of its effects in our society.

• A New Yorker article on the phenomenon of victims being accused of false report.

To Take Action:

• MVP Strategies.com, a great ally organization and general resource

• A Call to Men.org, another awesome resource

• Coaching Boys into Men is a program that teaches healthy relationship skills to male student athletes

• Athletes as Leaders is the parallel organization for female student athletes

• Futures Without Violence coordinates these and many other vital programs.