"Every time someone wants me to prove sexism in the scene exists I am not going to tell them about having beer spat in my face while I'm singing or about men screaming 'shut up' while I'm talking between songs. I'm gonna hand them this book and say 'No more horror stories, here are some solutions.'" --Kathleen Hanna, Bikini Kill, Le Tigre, and The Julie Ruin
"Never underestimate the tenacity and creativity of Shawna Potter. Here's her badly needed how-to book for people who don't feel they have much power to tap into, nurture, and use ... then help others to do the same. Make a public space safe, without retreating from reality's trigger warnings into a walled off fantasy cocoon." --Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys and Alternative Tentacles Records
"Shawna Potter's work represents the best of punk and DIY values--an insistence that we don't need to wait for politicians or anyone else to act. We can lead by example." --Will Potter, author and TED Senior Fellow
"Punk made a promise of a freer, fairer, safer, and saner world, but never fulfilled it. Shawna Potter has written a field manual for how, inch by inch and scene by scene, we get there." --Spencer Ackerman, The Daily Beast
"Making Spaces Safer has so many clear tactics for making shows more inclusive and welcoming, and, as a side effect, more fun for everyone. Whether you book bands, tend bar, want to look out for the wellbeing of your fellow music fans, or own the whole damn club. Great tips that will help you make your space rule." --Sadie Dupuis, Speedy Ortiz