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Call It What It Is

Image-based abuse, deepfakes, and the laws that let them happen.

Part memoir, part field guide, part legislative playbook. Susanna Gibson explains image-based sexual abuse the way only someone who has lived it, named it and legislated against it can.

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Call It What It Is, a book by Susanna Gibson

The author has been quoted and featured in

  • The New York Times
  • The Washington Post
  • The Associated Press
  • CNN
  • NBC News
  • NewsNation
  • 404 Media
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Inside the book

Six things the book does.

A working outline. Chapter titles and the final description will be confirmed with the publisher.

Words matter

“Revenge porn” blames the victim and misnames the crime. The book makes the case for precise language, from image-based sexual abuse to nonconsensual distribution of intimate images, and shows why precision changes outcomes.

What happened

A first-person account of a campaign upended by illegally recorded, nonconsensually shared private moments, and of the months of abuse that followed.

Who it targets

Why women, women of color and LGBTQ+ people bear the brunt of technology-facilitated abuse, and what that means for public life and democracy.

The deepfake era

Digitally forged intimate images are now cheap to make and nearly impossible to contain. The book treats them as what they are: the same harm, by other means.

Laws that work

From state houses to the Take It Down Act, a practical look at the legislation that helps survivors, the loopholes that fail them, and the model policy MyOwn wrote with criminal justice and First Amendment advocates.

What to do

Guidance for survivors, families, newsrooms and platforms, drawn from the people who answer the phone when it happens.
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Speaking and consulting

Bring the conversation to your stage, newsroom or platform.

Keynotes, panels, trainings and policy advising on image-based abuse, deepfakes and intimate privacy, delivered with the credibility of lived experience and the precision of model legislation.

Keynotes

30 to 60 minutes, from a personal story to a policy roadmap.

Panels and interviews

Fireside chats, moderated conversations and broadcast commentary.

Trainings and workshops

Half-day sessions for newsrooms, trust and safety teams and advocates.

Policy consulting

Bill language, enforcement and survivor-centered design.

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