This book would not exist without the contributions and advice of a number of friends and colleagues. First and foremost, though, I would like to thank every single person who has ever shared their own #MeToo story, both before and after it became a hashtag; and every single person, too many to name, who has spoken out and written about rape culture, sexual violence, and consent, especially in the various creative, feminist, and activist communities I have found myself in over the years. Those are the people and spaces that have shaped my thinking on consent and inspired both my research and my activism.
I would like to thank my beta readers, Dominic DeCesare, Charlie Ann Page, and Paul Wady, for their insightful comments and for ensuring the book remained accessible to the widest audience possible.
Thank you to my editorial team at the MIT Press, Matt Browne and Anne-Marie Bono, for their support throughout this project. Thanks to my copy editor, Mary Bagg, for doing battle with the Chicago Manual of Style for me, and for engaging with the subject of the book as well as its style. Thank you to my production editor, Liz Agresta, for shepherding me and the book through the production process and going above and beyond in the face of technical glitches. Thank you also to the anonymous peer reviewers, who were both supportive and challenging, and whose contributions genuinely made this a better book.
I would also like to thank Anna J. Clutterbuck-Cook for letting me think out loud in her Twitter mentions; Dr. Jackie Barker for moral support, peer pressure, and judiciously applied cake; and Debbie Watkins for making some very helpful introductions.
Finally, I would like to thank my Patreon supporters for believing in my work and providing some of the financial means that enable me to focus on working toward a culture of consent.