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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Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement by Toni Morrison

Burn This Book: Notes on Literature and Engagement

Toni Morrison

118 pages • 2009 • 5 editions

nonfiction classics essays literary reflective medium-paced
The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store by Cait Flanders

The Year of Less: How I Stopped Shopping, Gave Away My Belongings, and Discovered Life Is Worth More Than Anything You Can Buy in a Store

Cait Flanders

189 pages • 2018 • 22 editions

nonfiction memoir self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism by Macaela MacKenzie

Money, Power, Respect: How Women in Sports Are Shaping the Future of Feminism

Macaela MacKenzie

336 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction feminism sports challenging hopeful informative medium-paced
Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them by Anu Gupta

Breaking Bias: Where Stereotypes and Prejudices Come From—and the Science-Backed Method to Unravel Them

Anu Gupta

400 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction
The Gender Bias: The Barriers That Hold Women Back, And How To Break Them by Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

The Gender Bias: The Barriers That Hold Women Back, And How To Break Them

Dr Sabrina Cohen-Hatton

304 pages • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism
Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for Generations and Why It's Time to Break the Cycle by Soraya Chemaly, Christia Spears Brown

Unraveling Bias: How Prejudice Has Shaped Children for Generations and Why It's Time to Break the Cycle

Soraya Chemaly, Christia Spears Brown

288 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective by Thomas Piketty

Nature, Culture, and Inequality: A Comparative and Historical Perspective

Thomas Piketty

96 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays historical politics challenging informative medium-paced
The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World by Nathan J. Robinson, Noam Chomsky

The Myth of American Idealism: How U.S. Foreign Policy Endangers the World

Nathan J. Robinson, Noam Chomsky

416 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
The Gates of Gaza: a story of betrayal, survival, and hope in Israel's borderlands by Amir Tibon

The Gates of Gaza: a story of betrayal, survival, and hope in Israel's borderlands

Amir Tibon

404 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

nonfiction history emotional reflective medium-paced
Blake Lively Legal Complaint by WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP, MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

Blake Lively Legal Complaint

WILLKIE FARR & GALLAGHER LLP, MANATT, PHELPS & PHILLIPS, LLP

80 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

not a book

nonfiction gender reference