Roll Red Roll, Nancy Schwartzman
Roll Red Roll, Nancy Schwartzman
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Roll Red Roll
Rape, Power, and Football in the American Heartland

Author: Nancy Schwartzman, Nora Zelevansky

Narrator: Nancy Schwartzman, Brittany Pressley

Unabridged: 8 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/12/2022


Synopsis

An incisive narrative about a teen rape case that divided a Rust Belt town, exposing the hostile and systemic undercurrents that enable sexual violence, and spotlighting ways to make change. In football-obsessed Steubenville, Ohio, on a summer night in 2012, an incapacitated sixteen-year-old girl was repeatedly assaulted by members of the “Big Red” high school football team. They took turns documenting the crime and sharing on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. The victim, Jane Doe, learned the details via social media at a time when teens didn’t yet understand the lasting trail of their digital breadcrumbs. Crime blogger Alexandria Goddard, along with hacker collective Anonymous, exposed the photos, Tweets, and videos, making this the first rape case ever to go viral and catapulting Steubenville onto the national stage.

Filmmaker Nancy Schwartzman spent four years embedded in the town, documenting the case and its reverberations. Ten years after the assault, Roll Red Roll is the culmination of that research, weaving in new interviews and personal reflections to take readers beyond Steubenville to examine rape culture in everything from sports to teen dynamics. Roll Red Roll explores the factors that normalize  sexual assault in our communities. Through inter-views with sportswriter David Zirin, victim’s rights attorney Gloria Allred and more, Schwartzman untangles the societal norms in which we too often sacrifice our daughters to protect our sons. With the Steubenville case as a flashpoint that helped spark the #MeToo movement, a decade later, Roll Red Roll focuses on the perpetrators and asks, can our society truly change?

Reviews

Wow. This was intense and heavy. I know people who were in this area at this time. This heartbreaking true story is so important to be aware of. The culture that fuels horrific crimes like this, and then covers them up just makes me sick to my stomach. There is so much in these pages to digest. To r......more

Goodreads review by Joshua on June 06, 2024

A lot to unpack with this one. Important reading.......more

Goodreads review by Mark on January 02, 2024

When this book about the Steubenville rape case is focused on events and people on the ground in Steubenville, it is absolutely riveting. And if I someone were curious about the phrase "rape culture," I'd suggest this book. I can't help but think of Richard Dawkins mocking a young woman for writing......more

Goodreads review by Katie on November 19, 2023

4.5 stars. Such an important read for anyone of any age. This story is heartbreaking at points and the views of some people in this day and age continues to gobsmack me......more

Goodreads review by Jacki on July 29, 2022

I thought this was thought provoking and well written. My complaint is only that if you've watched the documentary this author made, you probably only need to read the last couple of chapters. That said, I think that the doc and/or book should be required for high school freshmen. I already had my n......more