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

All books added
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein

The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism

Naomi Klein

558 pages • 2006 • 67 editions

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative slow-paced
Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion by Elizabeth L. Cline

Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion

Elizabeth L. Cline

244 pages • 2012 • 6 editions

nonfiction business economics informative inspiring fast-paced
Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have by Tatiana Schlossberg

Inconspicuous Consumption: The Environmental Impact You Don't Know You Have

Tatiana Schlossberg

288 pages • 2019 • 8 editions

nonfiction science informative medium-paced
The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change by Annie Leonard

The Story of Stuff: How Our Obsession with Stuff is Trashing the Planet, Our Communities, and our Health—and a Vision for Change

Annie Leonard

352 pages • 2010 • 14 editions

nonfiction science challenging slow-paced
They Called Us Enemy by Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

They Called Us Enemy

Justin Eisinger, Steven Scott, George Takei

204 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction graphic novel history memoir race young adult emotional fast-paced
Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic by John De Graaf

Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic

John De Graaf

288 pages • 2014 • 6 editions

nonfiction economics self help sociology informative medium-paced
The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe by Ellen Clifford

The War on Disabled People: Capitalism, Welfare and the Making of a Human Catastrophe

Ellen Clifford

365 pages • 2020 • 4 editions

user-added

nonfiction politics sociology challenging informative medium-paced
Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine by Uché Blackstock

Legacy: A Black Physician Reckons with Racism in Medicine

Uché Blackstock

304 pages • 2024 • 6 editions

nonfiction health race science challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Hide an Empire by Daniel Immerwahr

How to Hide an Empire

Daniel Immerwahr

528 pages • 2019 • 13 editions

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
The Wife Drought by Annabel Crabb

The Wife Drought

Annabel Crabb

288 pages • 2014 • 6 editions

nonfiction feminism gender politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced