A Thought: old and recovered reading list! somewhat updated:2021-06

I found this list I made for someone, of resources I thought were important. I am always struggling to find a lot of these - so posting here for reference - reader, if you see this, I hope it is useful (and let me know if any of the links are broken :)!

Last updated 2021-06

Gender equality books (..that I’ve read):

• [in medicine] Pain and Prejudice: A call to arms for women and their bodies - Gabrielle Jackson https://uk.bookshop.org/books/pain-and-prejudice-a-call-to-arms-for-women-and-their-bodies/9780349424552
• [in STEM] Inferior: The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows it- Angela Saini https://uk.bookshop.org/books/inferior-the-true-power-of-women-and-the-science-that-shows-it/9780008172039
• [in general] Delusions of Gender: The Real Science Behind Sex Differences - Cordelia Fine https://uk.bookshop.org/books/delusions-of-gender-the-real-science-behind-sex-differences/9781848312203
• [in the home/work] The Wife Drought - Annabel Crabb https://uk.bookshop.org/books/the-wife-drought/9780857984289
• [in data] Invisible Women: Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men - Caroline Criado Perez https://uk.bookshop.org/books/invisible-women-exposing-data-bias-in-a-world-designed-for-men/9781784706289

Other books I have enjoyed and/or learnt from:

• Bad Feminist - Roxane Gay https://uk.bookshop.org/books/bad-feminist/9781472119735. Thought provoking and perspectives that were new to me.
• Meaty - Samantha Irby https://uk.bookshop.org/books/meaty/9780571349838 and Wow, No Thank You. - Samantha Irby https://uk.bookshop.org/books/wow-no-thank-you-the-1-new-york-times-bestseller/9780571359264. Honest and dark humour, also good discussion of issues in life.
• Intimations: Six Essays - Zadie Smith https://uk.bookshop.org/books/intimations-six-essays/9780241492383. Intriguing essays and self reflection
• Can We All Be Feminists?: Seventeen writers on intersectionality, identity and finding the right way forward for feminism - edited by June Eric-Udorie https://uk.bookshop.org/books/can-we-all-be-feminists-seventeen-writers-on-intersectionality-identity-and-finding-the-right-way-forward-for-feminism/9780349009889. Different perspectives and deeply rooted complexities of feminism.

Perpetuating bias (sexism, racism, classism):

• Weapons of Math Destruction - Cathy O’Neil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_of_Math_Destruction
• The Impact of Gender on the Review of the Curricula Vitae of Job Applicants and Tenure Candidates: A National Empirical - Study https://link.springer.com/article/10.1023/A:1018839203698
• Gender differences and bias in open source: pull request acceptance of women versus men https://peerj.com/articles/cs-111/
• How stereotypes impair women’s careers in science http://www.pnas.org/content/111/12/4403
• IBM’s Watson for Oncology: A Biased and Unproven Recommendation System in Cancer Treatment? https://paulvanderlaken.com/2017/09/12/ibms-watson-for-oncology-a-biased-and-unproven-recommendation-system-in-cancer-treatment/
• ‘Social Camouflage’ May Lead To Underdiagnosis Of Autism In Girls https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/07/31/539123377/social-camouflage-may-lead-to-underdiagnosis-of-autism-in-girls
• The Bear’s Lair: The untold story of systemic gender discrimination inside UC Berkeley’s IT Department https://pando.com/2018/02/23/bears-lair-untold-story-systemic-gender-discrimination-inside-uc-berkeleys-it-department/
• Australian research ‘has a Daversity problem’: Analysis shows too many men work mostly with other men https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2017-11-24/australian-research-has-a-daversity-problem/9178786
• Male scientists share more — but only with other men https://www.nature.com/news/male-scientists-share-more-but-only-with-other-men-1.22820
• How Sexism Follows Women From the Cradle to the Workplace https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/19/business/sexism-women-birthplace-workplace.html?
• A ‘Generationally Perpetuated’ Pattern: Daughters Do More Chores https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/08/upshot/chores-girls-research-social-science.html
• “Lean In” Messages and the Illusion of Control https://hbr.org/2018/07/lean-in-messages-and-the-illusion-of-control
• A standard deviation: Sexual harassment in Australian science https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/backgroundbriefing/harassment-in-science/9566122
• Australian men earn 21.3% more than their female colleagues, review finds https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/nov/12/australian-men-earn-213-more-than-their-female-colleagues-review-finds
• Men to receive almost two-thirds of Coalition tax cuts after 10 years https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/06/men-to-receive-almost-two-thirds-of-coalition-tax-cuts-after-10-years

Feminism + Exposure to women:

• Let’s ruin some dinner parties https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzeU3eP2xuo
• LadyScience https://www.ladyscience.com/
• Speakers and people to follow https://www.diversifytech.co/
• #MeToo isn’t enough. Now women need to get ugly -Barbara Kingsolver https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jan/16/metoo-women-daughters-harassment-powerful-men
• Her Words https://www.herwords.com.au/

Language (sexism, racism, etc):

• The Problem With ‘Hey Guys’ https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2018/08/guys-gender-neutral/568231/
• Racist Relics: An Ugly Blight On Our Botanical Nomenclature  https://www.the-scientist.com/opinion-old/racist-relics-an-ugly-blight-on-our-botanical-nomenclature-60358
• An Incomplete Guide to Inclusive Language for Startups and Tech https://open.buffer.com/inclusive-language-tech/

Other resources:

• White privilege + sexism https://hashtagcauseascene.com/amanda-johnson/
• Being an ally https://twitter.com/Emre_C_Deniz/status/1054169855975276545
• Are you ready to heal? (on the gender binary) < https://www.instagram.com/p/CR1_IbUrQeK/?utm_medium=copy_link>