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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Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

400 pages • 2018 • 140 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
#sayhername: Black Women's Stories of State Violence and Public Silence by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Forum Policy American African

#sayhername: Black Women's Stories of State Violence and Public Silence

Kimberlé Crenshaw, Forum Policy American African

224 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging emotional informative medium-paced
They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties by Lisa Levenstein

They Didn't See Us Coming: The Hidden History of Feminism in the Nineties

Lisa Levenstein

304 pages • 2020 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative inspiring medium-paced
Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World by Elinor Cleghorn

Unwell Women: Misdiagnosis and Myth in a Man-Made World

Elinor Cleghorn

396 pages • 2021 • 31 editions

nonfiction feminism health history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion by Gloria Steinem

The Truth Will Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off!: Thoughts on Life, Love, and Rebellion

Gloria Steinem

192 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir politics informative reflective fast-paced
Warrior Goddess Training: Become the Woman You Are Meant to Be by HeatherAsh Amara

Warrior Goddess Training: Become the Woman You Are Meant to Be

HeatherAsh Amara

192 pages • 2014 • 5 editions

nonfiction self help informative inspiring medium-paced
Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today by Rachel Vorona Cote

Too Much: How Victorian Constraints Still Bind Women Today

Rachel Vorona Cote

352 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature by Anna Beer

Eve Bites Back: An Alternative History of English Literature

Anna Beer

304 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

nonfiction feminism history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World by Zahra Hankir

Our Women on the Ground: Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Zahra Hankir

304 pages • 2019 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays feminism politics emotional informative inspiring medium-paced
Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History by Hannah McElhinney

Rainbow History Class: Your Guide Through Queer and Trans History

Hannah McElhinney

216 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ informative inspiring lighthearted medium-paced