Social Justice & Women's Studies

b_reads15's profile picture b_reads15 Host

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

All books added
If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan

If You Could Be Mine

Sara Farizan

256 pages • 2013 • 14 editions

fiction lgbtqia+ romance young adult emotional sad medium-paced
Indigenous Continent by Pekka Hämäläinen

Indigenous Continent

Pekka Hämäläinen

18h 44m • 2022 • 7 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski

ReVisioning American History

A Queer History of the United States

Michael Bronski

10h 29m • 2011 • 10 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ challenging informative medium-paced
You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War by Elizabeth Becker

You Don't Belong Here: How Three Women Rewrote the Story of War

Elizabeth Becker

320 pages • 2021 • 4 editions

nonfiction biography history adventurous challenging informative medium-paced
Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives by Siddharth Kara

Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives

Siddharth Kara

11h 18m • 2023 • 11 editions

nonfiction business history politics emotional informative sad medium-paced
The Future of Palestine: How Discrimination Hinders Change by Tamar Haddad

The Future of Palestine: How Discrimination Hinders Change

Tamar Haddad

230 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

nonfiction politics sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants

Robin Wall Kimmerer

16h 44m • 2013 • 46 editions

nonfiction essays nature science informative inspiring reflective slow-paced
The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth by Jermaine Fowler

The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth

Jermaine Fowler

384 pages • 2023 • 5 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present by David Treuer

The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee: Native America from 1890 to the Present

David Treuer

512 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future by Patty Krawec

Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future

Patty Krawec

217 pages • 2022 • 4 editions

nonfiction history race sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced