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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Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Classism, and Ableism by Maurianne Adams

Readings for Diversity and Social Justice: An Anthology on Racism, Sexism, Anti-Semitism, Heterosexism, Classism, and Ableism

Maurianne Adams

536 pages • 1999 • 2 editions

nonfiction education feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy by Maya Oppenheim

The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy

Maya Oppenheim

201 pages • 2023 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism medium-paced
Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace by Ruth O'Brien

Crippled Justice: The History of Modern Disability Policy in the Workplace

Ruth O'Brien

256 pages • 2 editions

nonfiction business politics sociology
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

288 pages • 2003 • 18 editions

nonfiction history politics race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo

Girl, Woman, Other

Bernardine Evaristo

453 pages • 2019 • 91 editions

fiction contemporary lgbtqia+ literary emotional reflective medium-paced
Moment Of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World by Melinda French Gates

Moment Of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Melinda French Gates

273 pages • 2019 • 57 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The War on Women by Sue Lloyd-Roberts

The War on Women

Sue Lloyd-Roberts

308 pages • 2016 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism politics emotional medium-paced
The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present by Ronald Hutton

The Witch: A History of Fear, from Ancient Times to the Present

Ronald Hutton

376 pages • 2017 • 14 editions

nonfiction history dark informative slow-paced
The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things by Barry Glassner

The Culture of Fear: Why Americans Are Afraid of the Wrong Things

Barry Glassner

210 pages • 1999 • 8 editions

nonfiction politics psychology sociology informative slow-paced
A Fire at the Center: Solidarity, Whiteness, and Becoming a Water Protector by Karen Van Fossan

A Fire at the Center: Solidarity, Whiteness, and Becoming a Water Protector

Karen Van Fossan

288 pages • 1 edition

nonfiction feminism history memoir philosophy politics race religion sociology