Social Justice & Women's Studies

b_reads15 Host

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.

Social Justice & Women's Studies

b_reads15 Host

13 participants (715 books)

STARTS: 11 Dec 2024ENDS: 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

Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal by Aviva Chomsky

Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal
Aviva Chomsky

256 pages • paperback • 2014 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal by Aviva Chomsky

Undocumented: How Immigration Became Illegal

256 pages • 2014 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know
Traci Sorell with Frané Lessac (Illustrator), Frané Lessac (Illustrator)

40 pages • hardcover • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction childrens history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction childrens history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know by Traci Sorell

We Are Still Here!: Native American Truths Everyone Should Know

Traci Sorell with Frané Lessac (Illustrator), Frané Lessac (Illustrator)

40 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction childrens history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction childrens history challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World by john a. powell, Stephen Menendian

Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World
john a. powell, Stephen Menendian

448 pages • hardcover • 2 editions

nonfiction

nonfiction

Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World by john a. powell, Stephen Menendian

Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World

john a. powell, Stephen Menendian

448 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction

nonfiction

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America by Alec MacGillis, Stefan Alexander MacGillis

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America
Alec MacGillis, Stefan Alexander MacGillis

400 pages • hardcover • 2021 • 13 editions

nonfiction business economics technology informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction business economics technology informative reflective medium-paced

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America by Alec MacGillis, Stefan Alexander MacGillis

Fulfillment: Winning and Losing in One-Click America

Alec MacGillis, Stefan Alexander MacGillis

400 pages • 2021 • 13 editions

nonfiction business economics technology informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction business economics technology informative reflective medium-paced

Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick

Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty
Jeff Madrick

240 pages • hardcover • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty by Jeff Madrick

Invisible Americans: The Tragic Cost of Child Poverty

240 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City
Andrea Elliott

624 pages • hardcover • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City by Andrea Elliott

Invisible Child: Poverty, Survival, and Hope in an American City

624 pages • 2021 • 11 editions

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction biography sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience by The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience
The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones

287 pages • hardcover • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience by The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones

The 1619 Project: A Visual Experience

The New York Times Magazine, Nikole Hannah-Jones

287 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water
Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson with Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)

48 pages • hardcover • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction childrens history poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction childrens history poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water

Nikole Hannah-Jones, Renée Watson with Nikkolas Smith (Illustrator)

48 pages • 2021 • 6 editions

nonfiction childrens history poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

nonfiction childrens history poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women by Lizzie Skurnick

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women
Lizzie Skurnick with Afua Hirsch (Contributor), Irina Reyn (Contributor), Stephanie Burton (Contributor), Lihle Z. Mtshali (Contributor), Carina Chocano (Contributor), Meg Wolitzer (Contributor), Jillian Medoff (Contributor), Lizzie Skurnick (Contributor), Rebecca Traister (Contributor), Dahlia Lithwick (Contributor), Laura Lippman (Contributor), Adaora Udoji (Contributor), Tanzila Ahmed (Contributor), Tova Mirvis (Contributor), Monique Truong (Contributor), Elizabeth Spiers (Contributor), Kate Harding (Contributor), Mary Pols (Contributor), Raquel D'Apice (Contributor), Emily Hopkins (Contributor), Bich Minh Nguyen (Contributor), Amy S. Choi (Contributor), Winter Miller (Contributor), Dagmara Domińczyk (Contributor), Katha Pollitt (Contributor), Glynnis MacNicol (Contributor), Jennifer Weiner (Contributor), Julianna Baggott (Contributor)

320 pages • hardcover • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays feminism sociology reflective medium-paced

nonfiction essays feminism sociology reflective medium-paced

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women by Lizzie Skurnick

Pretty Bitches: On Being Called Crazy, Angry, Bossy, Frumpy, Feisty, and All the Other Words That Are Used to Undermine Women

Lizzie Skurnick with Afua Hirsch (Contributor), Irina Reyn (Contributor), Stephanie Burton (Contributor), Lihle Z. Mtshali (Contributor), Carina Chocano (Contributor), Meg Wolitzer (Contributor), Jillian Medoff (Contributor), Lizzie Skurnick (Contributor), Rebecca Traister (Contributor), Dahlia Lithwick (Contributor), Laura Lippman (Contributor), Adaora Udoji (Contributor), Tanzila Ahmed (Contributor), Tova Mirvis (Contributor), Monique Truong (Contributor), Elizabeth Spiers (Contributor), Kate Harding (Contributor), Mary Pols (Contributor), Raquel D'Apice (Contributor), Emily Hopkins (Contributor), Bich Minh Nguyen (Contributor), Amy S. Choi (Contributor), Winter Miller (Contributor), Dagmara Domińczyk (Contributor), Katha Pollitt (Contributor), Glynnis MacNicol (Contributor), Jennifer Weiner (Contributor), Julianna Baggott (Contributor)

320 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays feminism sociology reflective medium-paced

nonfiction essays feminism sociology reflective medium-paced

Disabled Justice?: Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Eilionóir Flynn

Disabled Justice?: Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Eilionóir Flynn

192 pages • paperback • 2 editions

nonfiction politics reference sociology

nonfiction politics reference sociology

Disabled Justice?: Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Eilionóir Flynn

Disabled Justice?: Access to Justice and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Eilionóir Flynn

192 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction politics reference sociology

nonfiction politics reference sociology

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