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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

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Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience by Ernie Colón, Sid Jacobson

Three-Fifths a Man: A Graphic History of the African American Experience

Ernie Colón, Sid Jacobson

192 pages • 2016 • 1 edition

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism by Daisy Hernández, Bushra Rehman

Live Girls

Colonize This!: Young Women of Color on Today's Feminism

Daisy Hernández, Bushra Rehman

432 pages • 2002 • 6 editions

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever by Maude Barlow

Blue Future: Protecting Water for People and the Planet Forever

Maude Barlow

326 pages • 2013 • 3 editions

nonfiction economics science informative slow-paced
Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout by Cal Newport

Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout

Cal Newport

244 pages • 2024 • 16 editions

nonfiction business self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Disability and the Dilemmas of Education and Justice by Carol Christensen

Disability and the Dilemmas of Education and Justice

Carol Christensen

193 pages • 1996 • 1 edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced
What We Have Done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement by Fred Pelka

What We Have Done: An Oral History of the Disability Rights Movement

Fred Pelka

622 pages • 2012 • 3 editions

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World by Tiffany Yu

The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World

Tiffany Yu

320 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction politics self help sociology hopeful informative reflective medium-paced
As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock by Dina Gilio-Whitaker

As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, from Colonization to Standing Rock

Dina Gilio-Whitaker

224 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future by Jason Stanley

Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future

Jason Stanley

256 pages • 2024 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Intersectionality of Critical Animal, Disability, and Environmental Studies: Toward Eco-Ability, Justice, and Liberation by J.L. Schatz, Amber E. George, Scott Hurley, David Pellow, Sean Parson, Sarah Roberts-Cady, Aryn Lisitza, Anthony J. Nocella II, Judy K.C. Bentley, John Lupinacci, Gregor Wolbring, Sarah Conrad, Mary Ward Lupinacci

The Intersectionality of Critical Animal, Disability, and Environmental Studies: Toward Eco-Ability, Justice, and Liberation

J.L. Schatz, Amber E. George, Scott Hurley, David Pellow, Sean Parson, Sarah Roberts-Cady, Aryn Lisitza, Anthony J. Nocella II, Judy K.C. Bentley, John Lupinacci, Gregor Wolbring, Sarah Conrad, Mary Ward Lupinacci

168 pages • 2017 • 1 edition

nonfiction challenging informative reflective medium-paced