Gender

[close] We are a Chicago-based intersectional collective of radical and revolutionary readers. Our mission is to educate, empower, heal, and connect through reading and community action. Join us! You can find us on Meetup. We meet in-person at different locations around Chicago on the second Saturday of every month at 2pm. Check out Chicago Feminist Bookclub http://meetu.ps/c/3nTCJ/tYYQF/a Check us out on Instagram @chicagofeministbookclub

[close] To create more shared experiences through the OECD Women's Network, we have decided to set up a Book Club to discuss fiction and non-fiction books around the topics of gender, equality, women, and feminism – old and new. Some amazing books are out there - inspiring, funny (or sad), though-provoking and empowering! Why not to use some of our leisure time to read books focused on issues that are of interest to all of us and share our thoughts with each other? Many of us are focused on reading and writing technical papers on a daily basis. Reading literature may help not only enrich our writing style, but is also proven to develop better problem solving skills (see some thoughts on literature, business and economics and why it’s being taught in Harvard Business School). Literature may also help us delve into issues that are not easily described in technical ways. We’ll keep the choice of topics rather broad, and the group will decide which books to read next at its meetings. The group will meet once a month to discuss one book. Happy reading!

[close] This group is focused on the sub-genre of Science Fiction that explores feminist issues such as women's roles in society. Feminist Sci-Fi poses questions about gender roles, sexuality, reproduction, and power structures between men and women. Sci-Fi allows authors the freedom to create utopias illustrating worlds free of sexism, homophobia and prejudice, as well as dystopias where the gender divide is exaggerated in order to open a dialogue regarding the role of social constructs in understanding gender. Emphasis (though not exclusively) on the women authors of science fiction as they are often under-represented in the genre.

[close] The Equity Collection is an assortment of books and other resources for the Sierra Club staff & volunteers to use freely. The collection combines a variety of subjects surrounding the concepts of Equity, Inclusion, and Justice.