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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Matilda Joslyn Gage: She Who Holds the Sky by Sally Roesch Wagner

Matilda Joslyn Gage: She Who Holds the Sky

Sally Roesch Wagner

77 pages • 1999 • 2 editions

nonfiction biography feminism challenging informative medium-paced
Woman, Church, and State by Matilda Joslyn Gage

Woman, Church, and State

Matilda Joslyn Gage

554 pages • 1893 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism history emotional informative inspiring slow-paced
Taboo by Hannah Ferguson

Taboo

Hannah Ferguson

288 pages • 2024 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir funny inspiring reflective medium-paced
Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice by Geoffrey Robertson

Crimes Against Humanity: The Struggle For Global Justice

Geoffrey Robertson

658 pages • 1999 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them by Scarlett Curtis

Feminists Don't Wear Pink (And Other Lies): Amazing Women on What the F-Word Means to Them

Scarlett Curtis

370 pages • 2018 • 20 editions

nonfiction essays feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Movements and Moments: Indigenous Feminisms in the Global South by Sonja Eismann, Maya Schöningh, Ingo Schöningh

Movements and Moments: Indigenous Feminisms in the Global South

Sonja Eismann, Maya Schöningh, Ingo Schöningh

352 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction comics feminism graphic novel history lgbtqia+ nature politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes by Anne Elizabeth Moore

Body Horror: Capitalism, Fear, Misogyny, Jokes

Anne Elizabeth Moore

260 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays feminism politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture by Zeba Blay

Carefree Black Girls: A Celebration of Black Women in Pop Culture

Zeba Blay

256 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction art essays feminism race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
CAPS LOCK: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It by Ruben Pater

CAPS LOCK: How Capitalism Took Hold of Graphic Design, and How to Escape from It

Ruben Pater

528 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction design challenging informative reflective slow-paced
When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

When Women Invented Television: The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

352 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction art history informative inspiring medium-paced