Community of readers. So thats who were really trying to gather around over the course of the weekend. Not only professional writers, but folks who write for their own just enjoyment and creative purposes. And anyone who loves to read anything. Any connection with the local universities here, absolutely. Weve got a longgoing collaboration with the [inaudible] at vanderbilt university. They help us program a special [inaudible] all the kings men. Absolutely. Thats right. This year among a couple of special tracks that we have going on, we have one that is, you mentioned all the kings men, the Pulitzer Prizes are are celebrating their 100th anniversary, and as part of commemorating the centennial, the robert m. Warren center at vanderbilt [inaudible] some of which actually talk about robert warrens influence as a poet and as a novelist. So really its important artists who won pulitzers in two categories rarely. So, but the Warren Center at vanderbilt, very special partners of the festival every year. Youll also see University Presses set up all over the plaza here, the folks at the University Presses and at Humanity Centers around the state, really important to help us make this such a great and diverse program. Tim henderson, whats your background . Howd you get involved well, ive been at humanities tennessee for nearly 20 year, identify been the e. D. For ive been the e. D. For just over four. I mean, i came out of academia and was teaching english literature, got back to nashville after many years, had found the council, and it was just love at first sight. I mean, the work that humanities tennessee does is not only important, its an enthusiastic group and a great bunch of supporters all over the state for this work. So thats where i come from and ive never looked back. Its a great place to be. Tim henderson is the executive director of humanities tennessee, the overseeing organization for the southern festival of books. And booktv has often covered thats right. The southern festival as right, so we always appreciate their cooperation and, in fact, we are live right now on booktv on cspan2. Were just showing you an aboveground scene of what the festival looks like outside of the rooms where we cover the authors. We will be live today and tomorrow on booktv. And starting now from nashville, more live coverage of the southern festival of books. Heres vanned arer built University VanderbiltUniversity Professor kelly oliver. Good afternoon and welcome to this session of the southern festival of books. My maim is Lynn Alexander name is Lynn Alexander, and i want to welcome you on behalf of humanities tennessee. And today were going to be talking to author kelly oliver about her book, hunting girls. Professor oliver graduated from gone zagging Georgia UniversityGozaga University in 1979 and earned her ph. D. From Northwestern University in philosophy. Shes held teaching positions at various universities including George Washington university, the university of texas at austin and stony brook university. Currently, she is the w. Alton jones distinguished professor of philosophy at vanderbilt university. She has published books on topics ranging from family, love, war and violence to a affirmative action, hollywood films and animal rights. Her nonfiction work includes over 100 articles and over 20 books. And today we welcome her to talk about her newest book, hunting girls. [applause] thank you, lynn. In my recent book, hunting girls Sexual Violence from the hunger games to campus rape, i discuss classic fairy tales and blockbuster hollywood films featuring strong teenage girl proto tag nists protagonists in relation to the epidemic of campus rape. This afternoon, given time limitations, i can only give you a brief preview of my discussion of hollywood films and fairy tales. Given todays Headline News on Donald Trumps comments about wanting to grope p and force himself on women and the women who have come forward since, ill focus primarily on chapter two of my book on campus rape and the valorization of the lack of consent. First though, a a short preview of my analysis of our new fairy tale princesses, namely those tough girls in hollywood films. Katniss aberdeen from the hunger game, bela swan, twilight, and other strong and resourceful characters have decimated the fairy tale archetype of the helpless girl wanting to be rescued. Giving as good as they get, these young women access reserves of aggression to liberate themselves. The problem is that that they still get and as much or more than they give. Film representations of violence towards girls ans the size their abuse in ways that not only normalize violence, including Sexual Violence, but also valorize it. These films send double messages. On the one hand, they give us heroines for whom no means dont even try it or youll get hurt, and on the other hand, they delight in violence towards girls as if abuse is a normal part of coming of age. Unfortunately, its all too true that violence and abuse are part of the lives of girls and young women. Yet reveling in the assault of girls and young women on film works to further normalize violence against girls even as in the case of some of these films, it gives us fantasies of feminist avengers who fight against it. In hunting girls i examine popular cultures fixation on representing young women as predators and prey and the implication that violence especially Sexual Violence is an inevitable, perhaps even celebrated part of a girls coming of age. To underscore the threat of these depictions, i locate their manifestation of violent sex and the growing prevalence of campus rape and the valorization of womens lack of consent which is going to be the focus of my discussion this afternoon. In an official trailer for the film Pitch Perfect 2 out last year, rebel wilsons character, whos called fat amy, is shown dancing at a campus party when the girl shes dancing with asked if she wants to have sex later. She says no but then gives him a is oughtive wink. He looks suggestive wink. He looks confused and asks if that means no or yes. And she didnt say no, but then she winks. She responds, absolutely not, and then winks again suggesting she doesnt mean what she said. So what kind of message does this send . What kind of message does it send when girls say no but maybe they really mean yes . Certainly amys no is open for interpretation. A but years ago a few years ago Yale Fraternity brothers marched around freshman dorms chanting, quote no means yes, yes means anal. Their interpretation of no and yes is clear. Unfortunately, the yale case is not an isolated incident. Practically every week during the fall you hear about these. For example, just this last fall there were similar chants and lappers welcoming freshmen and banners welcoming freshmen at ohio state university, at western Ontario University and at old dominion just to name a few. And last year fraternity at texas tech was suspended for flying a banner that read no means yes. Another frat was suspended at georgia tech for distributing an email with the subject line luring your rape bait. That ended, quote i want to see everyone succeed at the next couple of parties. And in 014 at william and mary, an email message included the following phrase, quote never mind the extremities that surround it, the 99 of horrendously illogical bullshit that makes up the modern woman, consider only the 1 , the snatch, end quote. Then there was the chant used at st. Marrlys university in hall Marys University in halifax to welcome new students, this public chant that went smu boys, we like them young. Y is for your sr. , o is for oh, so sight, u is for underage, n is for no consent, g is for grab that ass. Unfortunately, the list goes on and on. Every fall on campuses across the country we see the sort of celebration of lack of consent, degradation of young women and valorization of rape. These examples suggest an Aggressive Campaign on the part of some fraternities and some men on campus to insist no means yes where consent is not only irrelevant, but also in their minds undesirable. In the st. Marys chant, the lack of consent is openly valued, quote n is for no consent. They make it plain that actively seeking sex without consent and luring, quote, rape bait is their goal. Studies confirm what these seemingly endless examples indicate. For example, one study found that, quote, nearly onethird of college men admit they might rape a woman if they could get away with it. And another Study Reports that half of the college men surveyed admitted to using some form of sexual aggression on a date. Recent cases of creep shots found on fraternity web sites are further evidence that men who prey on women sexually also enjoy debasing them. Creep shots, in case you havent heard of them, are by definition photographs of womens bodies taken without their consent. And one of the many creep shot web sites on the internet and there are many stipulates explicitly that the women in the pictures cannot know theyve been photographed. Thats what constitutes a creep shot. You have to sneak up on them. You get the up the shirt skirt shot and so on. Womens lack of consent is part of the conquest documented through creep shot photographs posted online as trophies. Lately several fraternities have been busted for posting creep shot photographs of semi or unconscious girls on their web sites. For example, last year at penn state along with creep shot photographs of unconscious women in extremely compromising sexual positions, one fraternity web site included derogatory comments about the women posted by frat members and only because one of the frat members came forward did authorities ever find out about this. It was a closed web site. In addition, several recent high profile rape cases include creep shot videos taken by perpetrators or bystanders that show perpetrators and spectators joking and giggling while abusing halfnaked, unconscious girls, and unfortunately this is becoming more common where the camera is becoming part of the Sexual Assault and the rapists are basically taking videos and then posting them. For example, a steubenville, ohio, rape case where High School Football players assaulted an unconscious girl while bystanders joked and then made disparaging remarks about her. One of the perpetrators defended himself saying, quote it isnt really rape because you dont know if she wanted it or not. End quote. Because, you know, she was unconscious. This sentiment makes clear that for these boys if a girl is unconscious and neither affirmative nor negative consent can be given i mean, no consent can be given, then sex with her doesnt count as rape. These boys imagine their unconscious victim might be consenting, maybe she even wants it. Given the use of rape drugs and alcohol to render girls and young women unconscious, incidents of unconscious rape is truly incall club on College Campuses and notoriously hard to the determine because reporting in any case is very, very low. In the case of party rape involving drugs and alcohol, women may not even know they were assaulted. If they were assaulted while unconscious. They may wake up wondering but never sure. And you see on this slide the estimates are that one in four women experienced some form of Sexual Assault while in college, and that varies on College Campuses from one in three to, you know, one in ten. Depends on the campus. In the case of party rape then, the women may not even know they were assaulted. In the last decade, the prevalence of alcohol accompanying Sexual Assault has led the u. S. Department of justice to identify a distinct type of rape that they call party rape which is defined as one that occurs at an offcampus house or oncampus fraternity and involves plying a woman with alcohol or targeting an intoxicated woman. In terms of Sexual Assault, party rape makes collegings and universities hunting colleges and universities Hunting Grounds for sexual predators, many who never consider their activities rape and who never consider themselves rapists. For these boys and young men, it is just a fun part of fraternity life. Its part of the party scene. Certainly not every man who parties is a rapist, and not every woman who parties is a rape victim. Studies show that multiple variables including individual psychology, rape myths and rape culture or and [inaudible] lead to rape. The use of rape drugs to intention beally incapacitate College Women is particularly reprehensible insofar as its not only premeditated rape, but also these drugs are in themselves dangerous, even lethal at high doses. In 2014 at the university of wisconsin, for example, several girls ended up in the hospital after they were served punch spiked with prohip knoll at a prohip knoll at a pa alternative my fraternity party, a rape conspiracy by planning Sexual Assault and intentionally drugging unsuspecting women. As long as college men continue to see women as sexual prey or trophies, rape will continue to plague College Campuses. As an aside, just a couple days ago i learned of a new fingernail polish that detects rape drugs in drinks. Girls dip their fingernails, and the polish changes colors if rape drugs are present. Now, the need for this product is evidence of a growing problem and should concern us. Addressing party rape is compounded by the fact that women dont report it. And when alcohol is involved, only 2. 7 of victims report their assault. Only 2. 7 . The combination of a Party Atmosphere with alcohol flowing and the acceptance of rape myths that include victim blaming or fantasies that victims actually enjoy rape, myths that may begin in pornography but are perpetuated by fraternities and jock culture make colleges and universities especially fertile Hunting Ground for serial rapists and men who are willing to force sex. The existence of rape myths such as victims are responsible for their own rapes or victims are sluts and are are asking more it or no really means yes are prevalent on College Campuses and part of fraternity and sports cultures. Several studies show that College Athletes and pa Fraternity Culture perpetuate a classic double standard whereby men who have sex, even forced sex, are studs whereas women who have sex are sluts. Perhaps this is why groups of young people happily watch and even record unconscious women being sexually assaulted without intervening or calling the police. And this is something that i think is new with cameras and social media. And this is what im also trying to point out here and argue in the book, that this public the publicness and the acceptance of this, of rape that used to happen in the shadows. Rape has become a spectator sport in which rapists pose for the camera and victims are are subject to creep shots distributed or posted online as trophies or entertainment or part of the assault. Creep shots of assault distributed on social media add another layer of trauma and shame for the victims. The trauma of victimization not only becomes public, but also is infinitely repeatable. It can go viral. It doesnt go away. Its presence on social media extends the victimization and trauma into an infinite future that makes closure or healing more difficult if not impossible for survivor ares. Indeed, the shame over photographs of their naked bodies in compromising positions on social media has led some victims to kill themselves rather than face public scorn. For example, in april of 2013, two distinct cases taming girls killed themselves after photographs of their Sexual Assaults were posted online, and these are not the only cases. While theres always been rape including gang rape, the public valorization of what we now call nonconsensual sex or rape and its display on social media is new. If in the past rapists acted in the shadows and kept their acts a secret, now they chant in public, record their Sexual Assaults and post the pictures for fun. Rape has become a form of public entertainment rather than report the crimes, perpetrators and bystanders take photographs with their phones and then distribute them to share them which seemingly enhances the experience. In these cases the cell phones become part of the Sexual Assault. Ironically, in some recent high profile cases because the victims were unconscious and didnt even know theyd been raped, the rape was actually easier to prove, try and convict when there were images on social media. This suggests that the testimony, the we can call it that, of unconscious girls who have been photographed is actually more believable than that of conscious ones. Well, the testimony of young women is often challenged or discounted, and many studies show this, as a he said versus she said. The recent phenomenon of creep shot photographs of rape and recording of unconscious rape victims taken with cell phone cameras has brought about some high profile be convictions. As one detective said in the high profile vanderbilt rape case, quote pictures dont lie. The suggestion is, well, maybe women do, but pictures do not lie. As strang as it seems strange as it seems recording instead of reporting is becoming more common. Girls are finding out theyve been raped when pictures taken by rapists or bystanders are posted on social media or sent around aztecs messages. For example as text messages. In the vanderbilt case, the survivor had to be to convinced that shed be