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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On Violence and on Violence Against Women by Jacqueline Rose

On Violence and on Violence Against Women

Jacqueline Rose

432 pages • 2021 • 7 editions

nonfiction sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls by Carrie Goldberg

Nobody's Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls

Carrie Goldberg

304 pages • 2019 • 7 editions

nonfiction feminism politics true crime challenging dark informative slow-paced
A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America by Elliott Currie

A Peculiar Indifference: The Neglected Toll of Violence on Black America

Elliott Currie

288 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem

My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies

Resmaa Menakem

319 pages • 2017 • 7 editions

nonfiction politics psychology race self help sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy by Chris Murphy

The Violence Inside Us: A Brief History of an Ongoing American Tragedy

Chris Murphy

384 pages • 2020 • 6 editions

nonfiction history challenging reflective medium-paced
On Violence by Hannah Arendt

On Violence

Hannah Arendt

112 pages • 1970 • 16 editions

nonfiction philosophy politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s by Elizabeth Hinton

America on Fire: The Untold History of Police Violence and Black Rebellion Since the 1960s

Elizabeth Hinton

408 pages • 2021 • 8 editions

nonfiction race informative medium-paced
Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism by Derrick A. Bell

Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism

Derrick A. Bell

240 pages • 1992 • 8 editions

nonfiction sociology challenging reflective medium-paced
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America by Ijeoma Oluo

Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

Ijeoma Oluo

336 pages • 2020 • 14 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Critical Race Theory, An Introduction by Richard Delgado

Critical Race Theory, An Introduction

Richard Delgado

188 pages • 2013 • 9 editions

nonfiction philosophy race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced