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
The Green Revolution: The Environmental Movement 1962-1992 by Kirkpatrick Sale

The Green Revolution: The Environmental Movement 1962-1992

Kirkpatrick Sale

144 pages • 1993 • 1 edition

nonfiction science challenging informative medium-paced
How Beautiful We Were by Imbolo Mbue

How Beautiful We Were

Imbolo Mbue

374 pages • 2021 • 27 editions

fiction contemporary literary challenging emotional sad slow-paced
Happening by Annie Ernaux

Happening

Annie Ernaux

77 pages • 2000 • 94 editions

nonfiction literary memoir emotional reflective medium-paced
No me toques el pelo by Emma Dabiri

No me toques el pelo

Emma Dabiri

269 pages • 2019 • 17 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
Salt Houses by Hala Alyan

Salt Houses

Hala Alyan

312 pages • 2017 • 19 editions

fiction historical emotional reflective medium-paced
Sadness Is a White Bird by Moriel Rothman-Zecher

Sadness Is a White Bird

Moriel Rothman-Zecher

275 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

fiction contemporary emotional slow-paced
White Spaces Missing Faces: Why Women of Color Don't Trust White Women by Catrice M. Jackson

White Spaces Missing Faces: Why Women of Color Don't Trust White Women

Catrice M. Jackson

160 pages • 2017 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
This Is For The Women Who Don't Give A Fuck by Janne Robinson

This Is For The Women Who Don't Give A Fuck

Janne Robinson

218 pages • 2017 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why by Joan Torres, Susan Forward

Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them: When Loving Hurts and You Don't Know Why

Joan Torres, Susan Forward

304 pages • 1986 • 9 editions

nonfiction psychology self help informative slow-paced
To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America - A History by Lillian Faderman

To Believe in Women: What Lesbians Have Done for America - A History

Lillian Faderman

480 pages • 1999 • 3 editions

nonfiction feminism history lgbtqia+ challenging informative reflective medium-paced