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 Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth by Beth Allison Barr

The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth

Beth Allison Barr

256 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism gender history religion informative reflective medium-paced
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Carol Anderson

304 pages • 2016 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America

Khalil Gibran Muhammad

380 pages • 2010 • 11 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

Beverly Daniel Tatum

304 pages • 1997 • 18 editions

nonfiction education psychology race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood by Jessica Grose

Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood

Jessica Grose

240 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction sociology challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality by Angela Saini

The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality

Angela Saini

10h 25m • 2023 • 24 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good by Elise Loehnen

On Our Best Behavior: The Seven Deadly Sins and the Price Women Pay to Be Good

Elise Loehnen

384 pages • 2023 • 16 editions

nonfiction feminism gender religion sociology informative medium-paced
You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation by Julissa Arce

You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

Julissa Arce

240 pages • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming

How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

Crystal Marie Fleming

240 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

The Hate U Give #1

The Hate U Give

Angie Thomas

480 pages • 2017 • 139 editions

fiction contemporary young adult emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced