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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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The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets by Gayle E. Pitman

The Stonewall Riots: Coming Out in the Streets

Gayle E. Pitman

224 pages • 2019 • 6 editions

nonfiction history lgbtqia+ middle grade informative inspiring medium-paced
Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out

Susan Kuklin

182 pages • 2014 • 14 editions

nonfiction biography gender lgbtqia+ emotional informative reflective medium-paced
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure

Greg Lukianoff, Jonathan Haidt

352 pages • 2018 • 13 editions

nonfiction education politics psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion

Jonathan Haidt

384 pages • 2012 • 28 editions

nonfiction philosophy psychology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist

The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism

Edward E. Baptist

498 pages • 2013 • 11 editions

nonfiction economics history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Capitalism and Slavery by Eric Williams

Capitalism and Slavery

Eric Williams

307 pages • 1994 • 19 editions

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

Douglas A. Blackmon

468 pages • 2008 • 8 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective sad slow-paced
Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery by Siddharth Kara

Sex Trafficking: Inside the Business of Modern Slavery

Siddharth Kara

298 pages • 2008 • 6 editions

nonfiction history sociology true crime challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities by Craig Steven Wilder

Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America's Universities

Craig Steven Wilder

423 pages • 2013 • 4 editions

nonfiction education history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
La Casa en Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

La Casa en Mango Street

Sandra Cisneros

2h 18m • 1984 • 78 editions

fiction classics literary emotional reflective fast-paced