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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Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist by Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

Being Heumann: An Unrepentant Memoir of a Disability Rights Activist

Judith Heumann, Kristen Joiner

240 pages • 2020 • 10 editions

nonfiction history memoir politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Fears to Fierce by Jennifer Nadel, Brita Fernandez Schmidt, Gillian Anderson

Fears to Fierce

Jennifer Nadel, Brita Fernandez Schmidt, Gillian Anderson

256 pages • 2021 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism self help informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Daughters of Smoke and Fire by Ava Homa

Daughters of Smoke and Fire

Ava Homa

306 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

fiction contemporary challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice by Cristina Rivera Garza

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice

Cristina Rivera Garza

320 pages • 2021 • 33 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann by Maryann Cocca-Leffler

Fighting for YES!: The Story of Disability Rights Activist Judith Heumann

Maryann Cocca-Leffler

48 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction biography childrens challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
It's Not About the Burqa by Mariam Khan

It's Not About the Burqa

Mariam Khan

272 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction essays feminism race religion informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods by Otegha Uwagba

Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods

Otegha Uwagba

70 pages • 2020 • 7 editions

nonfiction essays race challenging informative reflective fast-paced
Women Are Angry: Why Your Rage is Hiding and How to Let it Out by Jennifer Cox

Women Are Angry: Why Your Rage is Hiding and How to Let it Out

Jennifer Cox

304 pages • 4 editions

nonfiction self help sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design by Bess Williamson

Accessible America: A History of Disability and Design

Bess Williamson

304 pages • 2019 • 5 editions

nonfiction design history informative slow-paced
Unbowed by Wangari Maathai

Unbowed

Wangari Maathai

314 pages • 2006 • 20 editions

nonfiction memoir hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced