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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Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street by Victor Luckerson

Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street

Victor Luckerson

672 pages • 2023 • 4 editions

nonfiction history race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith

How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

Clint Smith

336 pages • 2021 • 18 editions

nonfiction history politics race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
My Side of the River by Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

My Side of the River

Elizabeth Camarillo Gutierrez

272 pages • 2024 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional informative reflective medium-paced
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

176 pages • 2015 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
A Very Capitalist Condition: A history and politics of disability by Roddy Slorach

A Very Capitalist Condition: A history and politics of disability

Roddy Slorach

319 pages • 2016 • 1 edition

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen

ReVisioning American History

A Disability History of the United States

Kim E. Nielsen

240 pages • 2012 • 9 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Moving Beyond Words by Gloria Steinem

Moving Beyond Words

Gloria Steinem

320 pages • 1993 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays feminism informative reflective medium-paced
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay

326 pages • 2014 • 43 editions

nonfiction essays feminism memoir funny informative reflective medium-paced
I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai

I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban

Malala Yousafzai

327 pages • 2013 • 168 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring medium-paced
Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution by Mona Eltahawy

Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution

Mona Eltahawy

256 pages • 2014 • 30 editions

nonfiction feminism politics religion challenging informative reflective medium-paced