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

All books added
Playing for Freedom by Zarifa Adiba

Playing for Freedom

Zarifa Adiba

197 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir music challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World by Otto English

Fake History: Ten Great Lies and How They Shaped the World

Otto English

342 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction history informative reflective medium-paced
Women Talking by Miriam Toews

Women Talking

Miriam Toews

5h 57m • 2018 • 52 editions

fiction contemporary literary dark emotional reflective slow-paced
A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story by Tom Gjelten

A Nation of Nations: A Great American Immigration Story

Tom Gjelten

424 pages • 2015 • 3 editions

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine by Dr. Jen Gunter

The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine

Dr. Jen Gunter

432 pages • 2019 • 38 editions

nonfiction feminism health science challenging informative slow-paced
Daughters of Sparta by Claire Heywood

Daughters of Sparta

Claire Heywood

370 pages • 2021 • 28 editions

fiction historical emotional sad medium-paced
The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

The Psychology of Time Travel

Kate Mascarenhas

324 pages • 2018 • 19 editions

fiction crime mystery science fiction adventurous mysterious fast-paced
Tomboyland: Essays by Melissa Faliveno

Tomboyland: Essays

Melissa Faliveno

244 pages • 2020 • 8 editions

nonfiction essays feminism gender lgbtqia+ memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
The Women I Think about at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes by Mia Kankimäki

The Women I Think about at Night: Traveling the Paths of My Heroes

Mia Kankimäki

414 pages • 2018 • 34 editions

nonfiction history travel informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Odyssey by Lara Williams

The Odyssey

Lara Williams

240 pages • 2022 • 10 editions

fiction literary challenging dark mysterious medium-paced