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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

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Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom by Grace Blakeley

Vulture Capitalism: Corporate Crimes, Backdoor Bailouts, and the Death of Freedom

Grace Blakeley

384 pages • 2024 • 15 editions

nonfiction economics informative fast-paced
Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order by Noam Chomsky

Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order

Noam Chomsky

175 pages • 1998 • 10 editions

nonfiction economics philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide by Tahir Hamut Izgil

Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide

Tahir Hamut Izgil

272 pages • 2023 • 11 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir race religion emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story by Pagan Kennedy

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story

Pagan Kennedy

240 pages • 2025 • 6 editions

nonfiction history true crime emotional informative medium-paced
Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist by Sesali Bowen

Bad Fat Black Girl: Notes from a Trap Feminist

Sesali Bowen

6h 31m • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture by Lee Airton

Gender: Your Guide: A Gender-Friendly Primer on What to Know, What to Say, and What to Do in the New Gender Culture

Lee Airton

240 pages • 2018 • 5 editions

nonfiction gender lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color by Natalie Y. Gutiérrez

The Pain We Carry: Healing from Complex PTSD for People of Color

Natalie Y. Gutiérrez

208 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II by Liza Mundy

Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II

Liza Mundy

14h 4m • 2018 • 20 editions

nonfiction biography history informative slow-paced
Femme in Public by Alok Vaid-Menon

Femme in Public

Alok Vaid-Menon

53m • 2017 • 6 editions

user-added

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

The Undocumented Americans

Karla Cornejo Villavicencio

185 pages • 2020 • 12 editions

nonfiction memoir politics challenging emotional reflective medium-paced