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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Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism by Aja Barber

Consumed: The Need for Collective Change: Colonialism, Climate Change & Consumerism

Aja Barber

290 pages • 2021 • 14 editions

nonfiction politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Un libro para niños sobre racismo by Jelani Memory

A Kids Book About...

Un libro para niños sobre racismo

Jelani Memory

64 pages • 2019 • 5 editions

nonfiction childrens race informative reflective medium-paced
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women by Naomi Wolf

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty Are Used Against Women

Naomi Wolf

368 pages • 1990 • 44 editions

nonfiction feminism informative reflective slow-paced
Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption by Rafia Zakaria

Against White Feminism: Notes on Disruption

Rafia Zakaria

272 pages • 2021 • 20 editions

nonfiction feminism gender race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward by Gemma Hartley

Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward

Gemma Hartley

264 pages • 2018 • 10 editions

nonfiction feminism politics sociology informative reflective medium-paced
Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women by Susan Faludi

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

Susan Faludi

575 pages • 1991 • 22 editions

nonfiction feminism history politics informative reflective slow-paced
Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy by Keisha N. Blain

Wake Up America: Black Women on the Future of Democracy

Keisha N. Blain

256 pages • 2024 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance by Kellie Carter Jackson

We Refuse: A Forceful History of Black Resistance

Kellie Carter Jackson

291 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction history race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy by Kenneth T. Andrews

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: The Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and Its Legacy

Kenneth T. Andrews

232 pages • 2004 • 2 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements

Charlene Carruthers

192 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced