Pagan Kennedy

2 months ago | kmuw.org | Suzanne Perez |Pagan Kennedy |Ali Hazelwood |Jasmine Guillory

Books (and whatnot) discussed in this episode: Blush Bookstore (locations in Wichita and Dallas) How to Draw the World: Harold and the Purple Crayon and the Making of a Children’s Classic by Philip Nel Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix The Final Girl Support Group by Grady Hendrix How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix Lost and Lassoed by Lyla Sage (Rebel Blue...

Jan 22, 2025 | lithub.com | Pagan Kennedy

My research into the history of the rape kit and the story of Martha Goddard has stretched on for more than four years. By now, I know so much about her I can visualize her whole life as if it were a movie. When I run that movie in my imagination, the first shot pans down Halsted Street in Chicago in 1972 and along a row of boarded-up buildings, a brick wall painted with a faded ad for Coca-Cola, and a dime store with a steel grate over its door.

Jan 20, 2025 | jezebel.com | Pagan Kennedy

This is an excerpt from The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story, by Pagan Kennedy. The book, in part, follows the life and work of Molly Goddard, who invented what we now consider the “rape kit” in the 1970s. It also charts a history of how police departments have handled—and mostly fumbled—sex crimes. In this section, Kennedy describes how rape kit evidence has fundamentally changed how law enforcement thinks of serial rapists.

Jan 14, 2025 | bookriot.com | Aria Aber |Pagan Kennedy |Erica Ezeifedi

I love it when my very specific interests meet, and that is exactly what happened with this roundup of items to use to make your bookish space like a Wes Anderson movie. And I know I’m also going to be adding a few books to my TBR from this list Cozy winter mysteries to snuggle up with. I do love a good seasonal read. Speaking of the season, it’s got a lot of great books coming out.

Jan 14, 2025 | teenvogue.com | Pagan Kennedy

Content warning: This article contains graphic descriptions of sexual assault and rape. In the hours after a sexual assault, the survivor’s body is treated as a crime scene. For this reason, the survivor has the right to show up at a hospital and expect to be given a full forensic exam. A nurse will bring her into a room, open up a rape kit and pull out instructions, swabs, envelopes and other tools.