Social Justice & Women's Studies

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13 participants (715 books)

11 Dec 2024—31 Dec 2029

Overview

 Social Justice & Women's Studies

Reading is Resistance!

De-colonize your history references,  education, and bookshelves. 

Fight the patriarchy! 

Core values: 
  • Anti-ableism, 
  • Anti-racism & white supremacy, 
  • Anti-queerphobia & transphobia, 
  • Anti-misogyny & patriarchy, 
  • Anti-colonialism, 
  • Anti-monosexism, heterosexism, & cisgenderism, 
  • Pro-survivor & anti-abuse, 
  • Anti-capitalism, Harm reduction & trauma-informed responses

A journey through learning via books both fiction and nonfiction during the next five years.

"Women's Studies is a category of books that focuses on the experiences, perspectives, and contributions of women in society. It encompasses a wide range of topics, including gender roles, feminism, women's history, sexuality, and reproductive rights. The goal of Women's Studies is to promote a deeper understanding of the social, cultural, and political issues that affect women, and to empower women to challenge and change the status quo. Books in this category often offer critical analysis and insights into the ways in which gender intersects with other forms of oppression, such as race, class, and sexuality."

If you would like to do a book club with some of these reads or a Readalong, let me know via email at blreads@gmail.com, and I'll set it up. 

Challenge Books

All books added
Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Take My Hand

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

10h 30m • 2022 • 32 editions

fiction historical literary emotional informative sad medium-paced
Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country by Patricia Evangelista

Some People Need Killing: A Memoir of Murder in My Country

Patricia Evangelista

11h 25m • 2023 • 17 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics true crime dark informative sad medium-paced
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This by Omar El Akkad

One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This

Omar El Akkad

5h 22m • 2025 • 22 editions

nonfiction memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia

Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism

Harsha Walia

307 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home by Anita Hill

Reimagining Equality: Stories of Gender, Race, and Finding Home

Anita Hill

8h 50m • 2011 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism gender politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve by Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone

Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve

Renee Bracey Sherman, Regina Mahone

14h 55m • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction feminism gender health politics race challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education by Jesse Hagopian

Teach Truth: The Struggle for Antiracist Education

Jesse Hagopian

457 pages • 2025 • 2 editions

nonfiction education race sociology informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Za dobrze się maskowałam. Rozmowy o doświadczeniach kobiet w spektrum autyzmu. by Monika Szubrycht

Za dobrze się maskowałam. Rozmowy o doświadczeniach kobiet w spektrum autyzmu.

Monika Szubrycht

300 pages • 2025 • 1 edition

user-added

nonfiction biography education health psychology
Kobiety wobec dominacji i opresji by Ewa Hyży, Inga Kuźma, Ewa Hyży-Strzelecka, Edyta Pietrzak, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Izabela Desperak, Iza Desperak

Kobiety wobec dominacji i opresji

Ewa Hyży, Inga Kuźma, Ewa Hyży-Strzelecka, Edyta Pietrzak, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego, Izabela Desperak, Iza Desperak

175 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction essays feminism gender history politics
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste

Isabel Wilkerson

10h 16m • 2022 • 6 editions

nonfiction history race young adult emotional informative reflective slow-paced