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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

All books added
Disability and Empire: Class, U.S. Imperialism, and the Struggle for Disability Justice by Jane Cutter, John Peter Daly, Joyce Chediac, Sunil Freeman

Disability and Empire: Class, U.S. Imperialism, and the Struggle for Disability Justice

Jane Cutter, John Peter Daly, Joyce Chediac, Sunil Freeman

85 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

user-added

nonfiction history politics
My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church by Amy Kenny

My Body Is Not a Prayer Request: Disability Justice in the Church

Amy Kenny

208 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays health memoir religion sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Women and Disability: The Double Handicap by Mary Jo Deegan

Women and Disability: The Double Handicap

Mary Jo Deegan

158 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction gender health politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Disability, Criminal Justice and Law: Reconsidering Court Diversion by Linda Steele

Social Justice

Disability, Criminal Justice and Law: Reconsidering Court Diversion

Linda Steele

276 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction health reference sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860 by Dea H. Boster

Studies in African American History and Culture

African American Slavery and Disability: Bodies, Property and Power in the Antebellum South, 1800-1860

Dea H. Boster

198 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction health history
Food Snobbery: An Intersectional Analysis of Fat, Feminism, Poverty, Disability & Health by Philippa Willitts

Food Snobbery: An Intersectional Analysis of Fat, Feminism, Poverty, Disability & Health

Philippa Willitts

32 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction feminism gender medium-paced
Ableist Rhetoric: How We Know, Value, and See Disability by James L. Cherney

Rsa Transdisciplinary Rhetoric

Ableist Rhetoric: How We Know, Value, and See Disability

James L. Cherney

200 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction art challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education by Jay T. Dolmage

Corporealities: Discourses of Disability

Academic Ableism: Disability and Higher Education

Jay T. Dolmage

254 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

nonfiction education challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom

We Are Water Protectors

Carole Lindstrom

35 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

fiction childrens science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally by Emily Ladau

Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally

Emily Ladau

176 pages • 2021 • 3 editions

nonfiction self help sociology informative reflective fast-paced