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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Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Heavy: An American Memoir

Kiese Laymon

241 pages • 2018 • 17 editions

nonfiction memoir challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States by Walter Johnson

The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States

Walter Johnson

528 pages • 2020 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics race reflective slow-paced
Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots by Morgan Jerkins

Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots

Morgan Jerkins

304 pages • 2020 • 8 editions

nonfiction history memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge by Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Never Caught: The Washingtons' Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge

Erica Armstrong Dunbar

272 pages • 2017 • 6 editions

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win by Jessica Valenti

Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win

Jessica Valenti

256 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction gender sociology challenging informative medium-paced
He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know by Jessica Valenti

He's a Stud, She's a Slut, and 49 Other Double Standards Every Woman Should Know

Jessica Valenti

219 pages • 2008 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism gender informative medium-paced
Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion by Katie Watson

Scarlet A: The Ethics, Law, and Politics of Ordinary Abortion

Katie Watson

296 pages • 2018 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism philosophy politics challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women by Jessica Valenti

The Purity Myth: How America's Obsession with Virginity is Hurting Young Women

Jessica Valenti

263 pages • 2009 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism informative reflective medium-paced
When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973 by Leslie J. Reagan

When Abortion Was a Crime: Women, Medicine, and Law in the United States, 1867-1973

Leslie J. Reagan

400 pages • 1996 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now by Jenny Brown

Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now

Jenny Brown

208 pages • 2019 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism politics informative reflective medium-paced