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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How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom by Johanna Hedva

How to Tell When We Will Die: On Pain, Disability, and Doom

Johanna Hedva

368 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

313 pages • 1961 • 78 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party by Waldo E. Martin Jr., Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

Waldo E. Martin Jr., Jetta Grace Martin, Joshua Bloom

384 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction historical history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy by Kenny Ethan Jones

Dear Cisgender People: A Guide to Trans Allyship and Empathy

Kenny Ethan Jones

304 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates by Katie Barnes

Fair Play: How Sports Shape the Gender Debates

Katie Barnes

304 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ sports informative medium-paced
Shaped by Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez by Anna Harber Freeman, Barbara Gonzales

She Made History

Shaped by Her Hands: Potter Maria Martinez

Anna Harber Freeman, Barbara Gonzales

32 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction art biography childrens informative lighthearted medium-paced
Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham by Marcia Clark

Trial by Ambush: Murder, Injustice, and the Truth about the Case of Barbara Graham

Marcia Clark

279 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction true crime challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century by Rebecca Knuth

Libricide: The Regime-Sponsored Destruction of Books and Libraries in the Twentieth Century

Rebecca Knuth

277 pages • 2000 • 3 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction by Rebecca Knuth

Burning Books and Leveling Libraries: Extremist Violence and Cultural Destruction

Rebecca Knuth

233 pages • 2006 • 2 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Where They Burn Books by Marcos Antonio Hernandez

Hispanic American Heritage Stories

Where They Burn Books

Marcos Antonio Hernandez

286 pages • 2021 • 9 editions

fiction historical dark emotional sad fast-paced