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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Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center by bell hooks

Feminist Theory: From Margin to Center

bell hooks

174 pages • 1984 • 33 editions

nonfiction feminism informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans by Sharath Srinivasan

When Peace Kills Politics: International Intervention and Unending Wars in the Sudans

Sharath Srinivasan

400 pages • 2021 • 1 edition

nonfiction challenging emotional informative medium-paced
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

10h 18m • 2014 • 16 editions

nonfiction history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney

How Europe Underdeveloped Africa

Walter Rodney

13h 21m • 1972 • 24 editions

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Gender: A World History by Susan Kingsley Kent

Gender: A World History

Susan Kingsley Kent

192 pages • 7 editions

nonfiction gender history medium-paced
Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall

Wake: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts

Rebecca Hall

220 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism graphic novel history race informative reflective medium-paced
Orientalism by Edward W. Said

Orientalism

Edward W. Said

394 pages • 1978 • 56 editions

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World by Kehinde Andrews

The New Age of Empire: How Racism and Colonialism Still Rule the World

Kehinde Andrews

288 pages • 2021 • 8 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access by David Gissen

The Architecture of Disability: Buildings, Cities, and Landscapes beyond Access

David Gissen

224 pages • 3 editions

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Transition Denied: Confronting the Crisis in Trans Healthcare by Jane Fae

Transition Denied: Confronting the Crisis in Trans Healthcare

Jane Fae

208 pages • 2018 • 2 editions

challenging informative reflective medium-paced