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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Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir by Rachel Louise Snyder

Women We Buried, Women We Burned: A Memoir

Rachel Louise Snyder

256 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity by Ruth Whippman

BoyMom: Reimagining Boyhood in the Age of Impossible Masculinity

Ruth Whippman

320 pages • 10 editions

nonfiction memoir psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Joaquin's First School Shooting by Manuel Felipe Oliver

Joaquin's First School Shooting

Manuel Felipe Oliver

20 pages • 2023 • 1 edition

nonfiction politics
Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

400 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation by Imani Perry

South to America: A Journey Below the Mason Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation

Imani Perry

16h 32m • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Ripe

Sarah Rose Etter

276 pages • 2023 • 20 editions

fiction contemporary literary magical realism dark emotional sad medium-paced
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler

Earthseed #1

Parable of the Sower

Octavia E. Butler

345 pages • 1993 • 91 editions

fiction classics dystopian literary science fiction challenging dark tense medium-paced
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez

Our Share of Night

Mariana Enríquez

588 pages • 2019 • 80 editions

fiction horror lgbtqia+ literary dark mysterious tense slow-paced
Tender Is the Flesh by Agustina Bazterrica

Tender Is the Flesh

Agustina Bazterrica

211 pages • 2017 • 71 editions

fiction dystopian horror literary dark tense medium-paced
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: Exploring the Emotional Lives of Black Women by Inger Burnett-Zeigler

Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen: Exploring the Emotional Lives of Black Women

Inger Burnett-Zeigler

256 pages • 4 editions

nonfiction autobiography biography memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced