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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Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women by Otegha Uwagba

Little Black Book: A Toolkit For Working Women

Otegha Uwagba

160 pages • 2017 • 15 editions

nonfiction business feminism self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
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 • 4 editions

nonfiction education challenging informative reflective medium-paced
We Need to Talk About Money by Otegha Uwagba

We Need to Talk About Money

Otegha Uwagba

276 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice by Katie Tastrom

A People's Guide to Abolition and Disability Justice

Katie Tastrom

224 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

nonfiction politics sociology informative reflective fast-paced
Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking Over Our Country by Sumbul Ali-Karamali

Demystifying Shariah: What It Is, How It Works, and Why It's Not Taking Over Our Country

Sumbul Ali-Karamali

256 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why We Need to Talk About It by Alice Procter

The Whole Picture: The Colonial Story of the Art in Our Museums & Why We Need to Talk About It

Alice Procter

288 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction art history informative reflective slow-paced
We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems by jessica Care moore

We Want Our Bodies Back: Poems

jessica Care moore

224 pages • 2020 • 9 editions

nonfiction poetry challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women by Christina Lamb

Our Bodies, Their Battlefields: War Through the Lives of Women

Christina Lamb

384 pages • 2020 • 22 editions

nonfiction feminism history politics challenging dark informative medium-paced
Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam by Laurie Becklund, Zainab Salbi

Between Two Worlds: Escape from Tyranny: Growing Up in the Shadow of Saddam

Laurie Becklund, Zainab Salbi

293 pages • 2005 • 9 editions

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds by Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

Midnight in Broad Daylight: A Japanese American Family Caught Between Two Worlds

Pamela Rotner Sakamoto

464 pages • 2016 • 5 editions

nonfiction biography history emotional slow-paced