Gender

[close] Gender Identity: Child Readers and Library Collections Children's books that break gender stereotypes. Children’s literature plays a crucial role in the development of gender identity of girls and boys. Children tend to automatically accept the models that are presented to them and consequently to identify themselves in characters that belong to their gender group. This is particularly relevant for “professions.” Children are used to imagine themselves in very stereotyped “professional roles” (e.g., girls as cooks, seamstresses, nurses, etc. and boys as pilots, mechanics, doctors, etc.). The difficulties in breaking these traditional models are caused especially by repetitive and stereotyped roles given to female characters in illustrated books for children. These traditional models of representation of gender identities are still predominant in many European countries, causing and maintaining gender inequality and gender violence. For this reason, it is very important to strengthen gender-positive children’s literature, by proposing books with characters that break gender stereotypes (women and men in the same professions, mothers and fathers sharing housework, etc.). Nowadays and especially in some European countries, this kind of children’s literature can represent a very important educational tool on crucial matters such as social inclusion, integration, and respect of all differences. https://g-book.eu/

[close] This global discussion group has been designed to encourage debates about important and underreported issues of our era. All you need is an enquiring mind and a desire to gain or share “underground knowledge”. This is also a place to discuss the controversial topics explored in The Underground Knowledge Series (non-fiction books) by James Morcan & Lance Morcan as well as the Underground Knowledge podcast show.

[close] The Århus Feminist Reading Group was founded in May 2017. During this time, the group has met to discuss articles, books, poems and short stories, building new connections between people and generating discussion and personal reflection with each new meeting. The collective would like to create a space here for more sustained discussion and conversation about the books we read together. A priority of the group is inclusivity and diversity, and so with this in mind, the group is not an academic project and prior knowledge of feminist theory is not required.

[close] Radical Reading is a new GR bookclub group dedicated to nonfiction books on various topics from a progressive, liberating, anti-racist, feminist and queer perspective. We have buddy reads and an active discussion board, where we talk about the books we read, exchange ideas or just have fun. Our goal is to engage in lively, productive and respectful conversations to expand our horizon and become an advocate/activist for positive societal change. The range of nonfiction books we read and discuss is wide, covering genres such as history, economy, art, sociology or politics. Our group is still new and thus a work in progress, however we gladly welcome new members! Please read the guidelines for a membership request. Guidelines for requesting membership 1) Prospective members must have an active public profile; a request from an inactive and non-public profile is rejected 2) We have mandatory questions you must answer when you apply 3) Authors are welcome; however self-promotion is not allowed 4) We may reject an application if we feel that the person is not joining in good faith, e.g. just here to provoke, troll or spread hateful content; or for the reasons stated under 1) and 2)