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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Mayada, Daughter of Iraq by Jean Sasson

Mayada, Daughter of Iraq

Jean Sasson

368 pages • 1995 • 8 editions

nonfiction biography memoir challenging emotional reflective fast-paced
Race, Rights, and Redemption: The Derrick Bell Lectures on the Law and Critical Race Theory by Janet Dewart Bell, Janet Dewart Bell, Vincent M. Southerland, Vincent M. Southerland

Race, Rights, and Redemption: The Derrick Bell Lectures on the Law and Critical Race Theory

Janet Dewart Bell, Janet Dewart Bell, Vincent M. Southerland, Vincent M. Southerland

400 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, And The First Amendment by Mari J. Matsuda, Charles R. Lawrence, Richard Delgado

Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech, And The First Amendment

Mari J. Matsuda, Charles R. Lawrence, Richard Delgado

171 pages • 1993 • 3 editions

nonfiction politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement by Garry Peller, Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda

Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement

Garry Peller, Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda

528 pages • 1996 • 2 editions

nonfiction race reference sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
White Women, Get Ready: How Healing Post-Traumatic Mistress Syndrome Leads to Anti-Racist Change by Amanda Gross

White Women, Get Ready: How Healing Post-Traumatic Mistress Syndrome Leads to Anti-Racist Change

Amanda Gross

464 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

nonfiction feminism memoir race sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Fascism: A Warning by Madeleine K. Albright

Fascism: A Warning

Madeleine K. Albright

320 pages • 2018 • 43 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Woman Destroyed by Simone de Beauvoir

The Woman Destroyed

Simone de Beauvoir

256 pages • 1967 • 87 editions

fiction classics literary short stories emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan

Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice

Jennifer Mullan

464 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

Mona Chollet

304 pages • 2018 • 51 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex by INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and Critical Resistance

The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex

INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence and Critical Resistance

257 pages • 2007 • 9 editions

nonfiction business economics essays politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced