This book takes a thorough look at how diverse women experience street harassment based on their varying identities. Stop Telling Women to Smile as an artwork has always been about reflecting the faces and voices of various women and non-binary people who deal with street harassment. Writing this book was an opportunity to dive deeper into those stories — looking at race, gender, presentation, sexuality, religion, culture, body size, and more. It was also an opportunity for me to share my own personal history with sexual harassment and my journey to making artwork with the intent to change culture for the better treatment of women.
