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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Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power by Rose Hackman

Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power

Rose Hackman

8h 49m • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Neuroqueer Heresies by Nick Walker

Neuroqueer Heresies

Nick Walker

6h 16m • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays lgbtqia+ psychology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles

Who Cooked the Last Supper?: The Women's History of the World

Rosalind Miles

12h 15m • 1988 • 20 editions

user-added

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative slow-paced
The Forgotten Girls: An American Story by Monica Potts

The Forgotten Girls: An American Story

Monica Potts

7h 40m • 2023 • 9 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown

I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

Austin Channing Brown

3h 54m • 2018 • 14 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Esther Duflo, Abhijit V. Banerjee

Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty

Esther Duflo, Abhijit V. Banerjee

11h 30m • 2011 • 35 editions

nonfiction economics challenging informative slow-paced
It Can't Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

It Can't Happen Here

Sinclair Lewis

14h 27m • 1935 • 43 editions

fiction classics dystopian politics challenging dark reflective slow-paced
Ander & Santi Were Here by Jonny Garza Villa

Ander & Santi Were Here

Jonny Garza Villa

12h 28m • 2023 • 11 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do--And What It Says about You by Katherine D. Kinzler

How You Say It: Why You Talk the Way You Do--And What It Says about You

Katherine D. Kinzler

7h 16m • 2020 • 7 editions

nonfiction psychology sociology informative medium-paced
Quite the Contrary by Yvonne durant

Quite the Contrary

Yvonne durant

1h 54m • 2 editions

nonfiction emotional medium-paced