Social Justice & Women's Studies

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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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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano

Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent

Eduardo Galeano

317 pages • 1971 • 68 editions

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz

ReVisioning American History

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

Paul Ortiz

296 pages • 2018 • 6 editions

nonfiction history race challenging informative slow-paced
Badass Bonita by Kim Guerra

Badass Bonita

Kim Guerra

266 pages • 2024 • 3 editions

nonfiction self help emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced
Living Beyond Borders by Margarita Longoria

Living Beyond Borders

Margarita Longoria

219 pages • 2021 • 5 editions

nonfiction essays poetry short stories young adult emotional reflective medium-paced
Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead--My Life Story by Cecile Richards

Make Trouble: Standing Up, Speaking Out, and Finding the Courage to Lead--My Life Story

Cecile Richards

304 pages • 2018 • 8 editions

nonfiction feminism memoir politics informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education by Jennine Capó Crucet

My Time Among the Whites: Notes from an Unfinished Education

Jennine Capó Crucet

208 pages • 2019 • 4 editions

nonfiction essays challenging reflective fast-paced
No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement by Cynthia E. Orozco

No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement

Cynthia E. Orozco

316 pages • 2009 • 2 editions

nonfiction feminism history race informative reflective slow-paced
American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice by Daniel Stone

American Poison: A Deadly Invention and the Woman Who Battled for Environmental Justice

Daniel Stone

354 pages • 2025 • 3 editions

nonfiction health history politics challenging informative medium-paced
First Gen by Alejandra Campoverdi

First Gen

Alejandra Campoverdi

288 pages • 2023 • 3 editions

nonfiction memoir emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color

Cherríe Moraga, Gloria E. Anzaldúa

261 pages • 1981 • 16 editions

nonfiction essays feminism race challenging informative reflective slow-paced