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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When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion by Julie Satow

When Women Ran Fifth Avenue: Glamour and Power at the Dawn of American Fashion

Julie Satow

294 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction art design feminism history informative inspiring medium-paced
How Was It For You?: Women, Sex, Love and Power in the 1960s by Virginia Nicholson

How Was It For You?: Women, Sex, Love and Power in the 1960s

Virginia Nicholson

496 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power by Eleanor Herman

Off with Her Head: Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

Eleanor Herman

374 pages • 2022 • 8 editions

nonfiction history sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking by Catherine McCormack

Women in the Picture: Women, Art and the Power of Looking

Catherine McCormack

240 pages • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction art feminism informative reflective medium-paced
The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates by Daniel Golden

The Price of Admission: How America's Ruling Class Buys Its Way into Elite Colleges -- and Who Gets Left Outside the Gates

Daniel Golden

336 pages • 4 editions

nonfiction education informative medium-paced
Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality by Josie Cox

Women Money Power: The Rise and Fall of Economic Equality

Josie Cox

336 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction business gender informative medium-paced
Equal Power: A Handbook for Men and Women by Jo Swinson

Equal Power: A Handbook for Men and Women

Jo Swinson

392 pages • 2018 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Women, Art, And Power And Other Essays by Linda Nochlin

Women, Art, And Power And Other Essays

Linda Nochlin

203 pages • 1988 • 3 editions

nonfiction art feminism history challenging informative inspiring slow-paced
Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival by Diane Noomin, Roxane Gay

Drawing Power: Women's Stories of Sexual Violence, Harassment, and Survival

Diane Noomin, Roxane Gay

272 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction comics feminism emotional reflective slow-paced
Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America by Conor Dougherty

Golden Gates: Fighting for Housing in America

Conor Dougherty

288 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced