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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Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century by Betsy Israel

Bachelor Girl: The Secret History of Single Women in the Twentieth Century

Betsy Israel

304 pages • 2002 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism history reflective slow-paced
Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians by Noam Chomsky

Gaza in Crisis: Reflections on Israel's War Against the Palestinians

Noam Chomsky

242 pages • 2010 • 12 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights by Jamie Lawson, Eve Lloyd Knight

Rainbow Revolutions: Power, Pride and Protest in the Fight for Queer Rights

Jamie Lawson, Eve Lloyd Knight

96 pages • 2019 • 3 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ middle grade challenging informative slow-paced
Pride and Protest by Nikki Payne

Pride and Protest

Nikki Payne

401 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary romance emotional funny medium-paced
Women on Top by Nancy Friday

Women on Top

Nancy Friday

566 pages • 1991 • 9 editions

nonfiction erotica psychology reflective slow-paced
Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit by Mary-Frances Winters

Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit

Mary-Frances Winters

256 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind by Siri Hustvedt

A Woman Looking at Men Looking at Women: Essays on Art, Sex, and the Mind

Siri Hustvedt

572 pages • 2016 • 20 editions

nonfiction art essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference by Cordelia Fine

Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference

Cordelia Fine

367 pages • 2005 • 26 editions

nonfiction gender psychology science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The EQ Intervention: Shaping a Self-Aware Generation Through Social and Emotional Learning by Adam Sáenz

The EQ Intervention: Shaping a Self-Aware Generation Through Social and Emotional Learning

Adam Sáenz

264 pages • 2020 • 1 edition

nonfiction self help informative slow-paced
Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft by Lyndall Gordon

Vindication: A Life of Mary Wollstonecraft

Lyndall Gordon

562 pages • 2005 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography feminism history informative reflective slow-paced