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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Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World by Anne Applebaum

Autocracy Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Anne Applebaum

207 pages • 2024 • 35 editions

nonfiction history politics informative fast-paced
Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice by Willie Parker

Life's Work: A Moral Argument for Choice

Willie Parker

224 pages • 2017 • 5 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir about Body Image by Siobhán Gallagher

Full of Myself: A Graphic Memoir about Body Image

Siobhán Gallagher

336 pages • 2024 • 2 editions

nonfiction graphic novel memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts

Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty

Dorothy Roberts

14h 38m • 1997 • 11 editions

nonfiction feminism history race challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A History of Women in 101 Objects by Annabelle Hirsch

A History of Women in 101 Objects

Annabelle Hirsch

432 pages • 2022 • 18 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us about America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny by William Strauss, Neil Howe

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us about America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny

William Strauss, Neil Howe

400 pages • 1996 • 10 editions

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 by Barbara Kingsolver

Holding the Line: Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983

Barbara Kingsolver

228 pages • 1989 • 7 editions

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism by Greg Grandin

Empire's Workshop: Latin America, the United States, and the Rise of the New Imperialism

Greg Grandin

292 pages • 2007 • 7 editions

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes

Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths

Natalie Haynes

320 pages • 2020 • 23 editions

nonfiction feminism history informative reflective medium-paced
Want by Gillian Anderson

Want

Gillian Anderson

392 pages • 2024 • 40 editions

nonfiction essays feminism health emotional informative reflective fast-paced