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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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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing

Joy DeGruy

235 pages • 2005 • 4 editions

nonfiction psychology race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Bodies Under Siege: How the Far–Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global by Sian Norris

Bodies Under Siege: How the Far–Right Attack on Reproductive Rights Went Global

Sian Norris

304 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism gender health politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir

Le deuxième sexe #1-2

The Second Sex

Simone de Beauvoir

746 pages • 1949 • 160 editions

nonfiction classics feminism philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto by Tricia Hersey

Rest is Resistance #1

Rest Is Resistance: A Manifesto

Tricia Hersey

211 pages • 2022 • 13 editions

nonfiction race sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Second Chances: The Ultimate Guide to Thrifting, Sustainable Style, and Expressing Your Most Authentic Self by Macy Eleni

Second Chances: The Ultimate Guide to Thrifting, Sustainable Style, and Expressing Your Most Authentic Self

Macy Eleni

224 pages • 2024 • 1 edition

nonfiction self help
Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Eve L. Ewing

387 pages • 2025 • 4 editions

nonfiction education history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Tyranny of the Minority by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

Tyranny of the Minority

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

384 pages • 2023 • 8 editions

nonfiction politics informative medium-paced
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future by Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future

Steven Levitsky, Daniel Ziblatt

312 pages • 2018 • 44 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways by Megan Kimble

City Limits: Infrastructure, Inequality, and the Future of America's Highways

Megan Kimble

368 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction politics science technology informative medium-paced
Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul

Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

274 pages • 2016 • 5 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced