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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Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States by Joey L. Mogul

Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States

Joey L. Mogul

216 pages • 2011 • 4 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative reflective slow-paced
Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks

Killing Rage: Ending Racism

bell hooks

288 pages • 1995 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Race, Class, & Gender: An Anthology by Margaret L. Andersen

Race, Class, & Gender: An Anthology

Margaret L. Andersen

578 pages • 1992 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Violence Against Queer People: Race, Class, Gender, and the Persistence of Anti-Lgbt Discrimination by Doug Meyer

Violence Against Queer People: Race, Class, Gender, and the Persistence of Anti-Lgbt Discrimination

Doug Meyer

192 pages • 2015 • 5 editions

nonfiction lgbtqia+ race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class by Charles Murray

Human Diversity: The Biology of Gender, Race, and Class

Charles Murray

528 pages • 2020 • 3 editions

nonfiction psychology science challenging informative slow-paced
Women Don't Owe You Pretty by Florence Given

Women Don't Owe You Pretty

Florence Given

224 pages • 2020 • 37 editions

nonfiction feminism lgbtqia+ self help informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race

Jesmyn Ward

240 pages • 2016 • 14 editions

nonfiction essays poetry race challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge

272 pages • 2017 • 47 editions

nonfiction race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures by Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

What If We Get It Right?: Visions of Climate Futures

Ayana Elizabeth Johnson

21h 4m • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction science hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy by Talia Lavin

Culture Warlords: My Journey Into the Dark Web of White Supremacy

Talia Lavin

8h 2m • 2020 • 11 editions

nonfiction politics race technology reflective slow-paced