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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Women at Work in Medieval Europe by Madeleine Pelner Cosman

Women at Work in Medieval Europe

Madeleine Pelner Cosman

176 pages • 2000 • 1 edition

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced
Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart by Liza Featherstone

Selling Women Short: The Landmark Battle for Workers' Rights at Wal-Mart

Liza Featherstone

290 pages • 2004 • 3 editions

nonfiction feminism politics challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work by Gillian Thomas

Because of Sex: One Law, Ten Cases, and Fifty Years That Changed American Women's Lives at Work

Gillian Thomas

304 pages • 2016 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet by Nell McShane Wulfhart

The Great Stewardess Rebellion: How Women Launched a Workplace Revolution at 30,000 Feet

Nell McShane Wulfhart

320 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
Invisible: Stories from Kenya's Queer Community by Tom Odhiambo, Johannes Hossfeld, Kevin Mwachiro

Invisible: Stories from Kenya's Queer Community

Tom Odhiambo, Johannes Hossfeld, Kevin Mwachiro

114 pages • 2014 • 2 editions

nonfiction challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Latinx En busca de las voces que redefinen la identidad latina by Paola Ramos

Latinx En busca de las voces que redefinen la identidad latina

Paola Ramos

8h 16m • 2020 • 6 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ politics race sociology challenging informative medium-paced
White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy by Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman

White Rural Rage: The Threat to American Democracy

Tom Schaller, Paul Waldman

320 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction history politics race sociology informative reflective medium-paced
This is Vegan Propaganda: And Other Lies The Meat Industry Tells You by Ed Winters

This is Vegan Propaganda: And Other Lies The Meat Industry Tells You

Ed Winters

313 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction economics food and drink health philosophy science informative medium-paced
Homosexuality & Civilization by Louis Crompton

Homosexuality & Civilization

Louis Crompton

623 pages • 2003 • 2 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender by Kit Heyam

Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender

Kit Heyam

343 pages • 2022 • 12 editions

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ informative reflective medium-paced