Social Justice & Women's Studies

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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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Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life by Peggy Orenstein

Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life

Peggy Orenstein

400 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction essays feminism sociology emotional reflective slow-paced
The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism by Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan, Matthias Schmelzer

The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism

Andrea Vetter, Aaron Vansintjan, Matthias Schmelzer

310 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction economics challenging informative medium-paced
Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality by Debbie Cenziper, Jim Obergefell

Love Wins: The Lovers and Lawyers Who Fought the Landmark Case for Marriage Equality

Debbie Cenziper, Jim Obergefell

304 pages • 2016 • 9 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ politics informative slow-paced
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Tonya Bolden, Carol Anderson

We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide

Tonya Bolden, Carol Anderson

288 pages • 2018 • 4 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh

Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation

Duncan Tonatiuh

40 pages • 2014 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography childrens history hopeful informative reflective fast-paced
Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All by Martha S. Jones

Vanguard: How Black Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All

Martha S. Jones

352 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman

All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership

Darcy Lockman

352 pages • 2019 • 11 editions

nonfiction feminism psychology reflective slow-paced
90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality by Allison Yarrow

90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality

Allison Yarrow

416 pages • 2018 • 7 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective fast-paced
Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride

Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality

Sarah McBride

273 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
Silent Spring by Rachel Carson

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson

400 pages • 1962 • 63 editions

nonfiction nature politics science informative reflective slow-paced