Credit: ERIKA SJULE

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ERIKA SJULE

Chavisa Woods’s 100 Times: A Memoir of Sexism chronicles 100 instances of sexual assault, harassment, rape, and attempted rape perpetrated on the author from age five to her mid-30s.

There were men who groped her breasts after she told them not to touch her, who kissed her after she rejected them (often several times), or who otherwise did some sexist shit.

They included classmates, teachers, bosses, landlords, mentors, boyfriends, ex-boyfriends, close friends, friends of friends, friends she’s still friends with, strangers, strange groups of men, groups of boys (with bats!), roommates, bodega men, straight couples cruising lesbian bars for a third, and dancers on a dance floor.

Rich Smith is The Stranger's former News Editor. He writes about politics, books, and performance. You can read his poems at www.richsmithpoetry.com