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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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You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion by Meera Shah

You're the Only One I've Told: The Stories Behind Abortion

Meera Shah

298 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

265 pages • 1953 • 399 editions

fiction classics dystopian science fiction dark reflective tense medium-paced
Automating Inequality by Virginia Eubanks

Automating Inequality

Virginia Eubanks

272 pages • 2018 • 7 editions

nonfiction politics sociology technology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Palestine in a World on Fire by Ilan Pappé, Katherine Natanel

Palestine in a World on Fire

Ilan Pappé, Katherine Natanel

304 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction politics informative slow-paced
The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back from Anti-Lynching to Abolition by Jeanelle K. Hope, Bill V. Mullen

The Black Antifascist Tradition: Fighting Back from Anti-Lynching to Abolition

Jeanelle K. Hope, Bill V. Mullen

347 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition by Silky Shah

Unbuild Walls: Why Immigrant Justice Needs Abolition

Silky Shah

331 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction politics race informative medium-paced
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • 2022 • 11 editions

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Class Struggle Unionism by Joe Burns

Class Struggle Unionism

Joe Burns

199 pages • 2022 • 3 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective

Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

178 pages • 2012 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism history race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit

Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

Rebecca Solnit

188 pages • 2004 • 34 editions

nonfiction essays history politics hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced