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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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Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype [Abridged] by Clarissa Pinkola Estés

Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype [Abridged]

Clarissa Pinkola Estés

2h 18m • 1992 • 110 editions

nonfiction feminism psychology informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
Cuando Era Puertorriqueña by Esmeralda Santiago

Cuando Era Puertorriqueña

Esmeralda Santiago

320 pages • 1993 • 12 editions

nonfiction autobiography memoir emotional reflective slow-paced
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century

Timothy Snyder

128 pages • 2017 • 86 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective fast-paced
A Woman's Gaze: Essays on Latin American Women Artists by Isabel Allende

A Woman's Gaze: Essays on Latin American Women Artists

Isabel Allende

256 pages • 1998 • 1 edition

nonfiction art challenging informative medium-paced
An American Immigrant by Johanna Rojas Vann

An American Immigrant

Johanna Rojas Vann

9h 33m • 2023 • 3 editions

fiction contemporary emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death by Erin Gibson

Feminasty: The Complicated Woman's Guide to Surviving the Patriarchy Without Drinking Herself to Death

Erin Gibson

6h 9m • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism politics reflective fast-paced
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence by Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams, Keisha N. Blain

Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence

Chad Williams, Kidada E. Williams, Keisha N. Blain

368 pages • 2016 • 2 editions

nonfiction history politics race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Race Matters by Cornel West

Race Matters

Cornel West

144 pages • 1993 • 13 editions

nonfiction philosophy politics race informative reflective slow-paced
From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

From #blacklivesmatter to Black Liberation

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

288 pages • 2016 • 10 editions

nonfiction history politics race informative reflective medium-paced
Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn E. Singleton

Courageous Conversations about Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools

Glenn E. Singleton

312 pages • 2005 • 6 editions

nonfiction education race challenging informative reflective medium-paced