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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A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power by Jimmy Carter

A Call to Action: Women, Religion, Violence, and Power

Jimmy Carter

211 pages • 2014 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism politics religion challenging informative sad medium-paced
The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It by Dorothy A. Brown

The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--And How We Can Fix It

Dorothy A. Brown

288 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction economics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism's Final Crisis by John Smith

Imperialism in the Twenty-First Century: Globalization, Super-Exploitation, and Capitalism's Final Crisis

John Smith

384 pages • 2016 • 3 editions

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class by Robert H. Frank

Wildavsky Forum

Falling Behind: How Rising Inequality Harms the Middle Class

Robert H. Frank

160 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction politics sociology informative medium-paced
Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life by Robert B. Reich

Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life

Robert B. Reich

251 pages • 2007 • 10 editions

nonfiction business economics politics challenging informative slow-paced
Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant by Jose Angel N

Latinos in Chicago and Midwest

Illegal: Reflections of an Undocumented Immigrant

Jose Angel N

136 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction biography memoir politics reflective slow-paced
She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices by Yvette Cooper

She Speaks: The Power of Women's Voices

Yvette Cooper

248 pages • 2019 • 1 edition

nonfiction feminism politics informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work by Deborah Liu

Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work

Deborah Liu

224 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction business feminism self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

Stop Telling Women to Smile: Stories of Street Harassment and How We're Taking Back Our Power

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

256 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction art feminism emotional reflective slow-paced
The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality by Angus Deaton

The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality

Angus Deaton

376 pages • 2013 • 13 editions

nonfiction economics health challenging informative slow-paced