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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A Dangerously High Threshold for Pain by Imani Perry

A Dangerously High Threshold for Pain

Imani Perry

2h 18m • 2023 • 1 edition

nonfiction autobiography gender health memoir race emotional informative reflective fast-paced
Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back by Cory Doctorow, Rebecca Giblin

Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor Markets and How We'll Win Them Back

Cory Doctorow, Rebecca Giblin

304 pages • 2022 • 9 editions

nonfiction economics politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, and Sovereignty in Native America by Gregory D. Smithers

Reclaiming Two-Spirits: Sexuality, Spiritual Renewal, and Sovereignty in Native America

Gregory D. Smithers

368 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction gender history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity by Judith Butler

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Judith Butler

8h 26m • 1990 • 47 editions

nonfiction feminism gender lgbtqia+ philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life by Sharon Blackie

Hagitude: Reimagining the Second Half of Life

Sharon Blackie

320 pages • 2022 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism nature philosophy sociology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men by Caroline Criado Pérez

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men

Caroline Criado Pérez

432 pages • 2019 • 99 editions

nonfiction feminism gender science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad

Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Layla Saad

238 pages • 2020 • 21 editions

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

201 pages • 1995 • 98 editions

fiction dystopian literary dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

Audre Lorde

7h 33m • 1984 • 36 editions

nonfiction essays feminism lgbtqia+ sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Umoja Noble

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Safiya Umoja Noble

6h 20m • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction computer science feminism gender race sociology challenging informative slow-paced