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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The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History by Ned Blackhawk

The Rediscovery of America: Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U.S. History

Ned Blackhawk

596 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative medium-paced
We Dream a World: Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King by Yolanda Renee King

We Dream a World: Carrying the Light from My Grandparents Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King

Yolanda Renee King

40 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

fiction childrens
O mężczyznach, którzy nienawidzą kobiet. Od inceli do artystów podrywu by Laura Bates

O mężczyznach, którzy nienawidzą kobiet. Od inceli do artystów podrywu

Laura Bates

472 pages • 2020 • 44 editions

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging dark informative medium-paced
Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History by Ira Mukhoty

Heroines: Powerful Indian Women of Myth and History

Ira Mukhoty

238 pages • 2017 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism history emotional informative medium-paced
Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit

Men Explain Things to Me

Rebecca Solnit

130 pages • 2014 • 77 editions

nonfiction essays feminism politics informative reflective medium-paced
Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women by Rebel Girls

Rebel Girls Minis

Rebel Girls Lead: 25 Tales of Powerful Women

Rebel Girls

64 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism middle grade inspiring slow-paced
The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America by Deepa Purushothaman, Deepa Purushothaman

The First, the Few, the Only: How Women of Color Can Redefine Power in Corporate America

Deepa Purushothaman, Deepa Purushothaman

256 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction feminism challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement by Suzanne Cope

Power Hungry: Women of the Black Panther Party and Freedom Summer and Their Fight to Feed a Movement

Suzanne Cope

304 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement by

Sisters in the Struggle: African American Women in the Civil Rights-Black Power Movement

363 pages • 4 editions

nonfiction history politics sociology informative medium-paced
Witches: The Transformative Power of Women Working Together by Sam George-Allen

Witches: The Transformative Power of Women Working Together

Sam George-Allen

288 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

nonfiction feminism informative reflective medium-paced