Help me with the Book List!
Hello. Most of you who know me personally know that I volunteer/work at In Other Words, the U.S.'s only surviving non-profit feminist bookstore/community center. I've worked there long enough at this point to be tasked with a Project to work on during my non-customer-y time at the store: a book list of subjects, subcategories, and recommended books to go within each that. The idea is that if someone wants something similar to book X, we'll be able to recommend books Y, Z, and Q. :)
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Examples:
Subject - Sexuality, Sex, & Erotica
Subcategory - Relationships
Book - The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Adventures by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
Subject - Sexuality, Sex, & Erotica
Subcategory - How-to, BDSM
Book - The Bottoming Book: How to Get Terrible Things Done to You by Wonderful People by Dossie Easton and Catherine Liszt
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This list will be used within the store and also available on the store's website, where hopefully the wider community will find it useful. However, since I'm currently the only person working on this project, I know that there are a lot of areas where I'm not focusing enough, or don't know to focus on at all.
So that's why I would love for anyone and everyone to help me out on this.
WHAT I WANT FROM YOU
* Tell me what other subjects and subcategories I should have. What's listed is only what I've needed to create thus far.
* Tell me what books should go on this list! I much prefer personal recommendations to links on Amazon, so rec me as many books as you can! :D
Anonymous commenting is enabled, btw.
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Here are the subjects & subcategories I have:
Subject > Subcategory, Subcategory, Subcategory
Arts > Art, Film, Music, Drama
Feminist (currently the general catch-all category) > Domestic Violence, Cooking/Food, Race, Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Biography/Autobiography, Poetry, Latino/Hispanic/Chicano, Women of Color, Graphic Novels/Comics, History, Pre-Feminism, Travel, Classism, Native American, Mythology/Folklore, Reproductive Rights, Disability Studies/Ableism, Black Feminism, Zines, Pop Culture, Environment
Global Feminism > Subcategories are regions/countries
Sexuality, Sex, & Erotica > Sex How-to, Masturbation, BDSM, Relationships, Sexuality, Lesbian
Gender Studies > Trans, Masculinity
Health > LGBT, Mental Health, Aging, Parenting, Alternative Medicine, Herbal Medicine, History
Body Image > Disordered Eating, Fat Acceptance, Parenting, History
Survivors > Sexual Assault Survivors, Partners-Parents-and-Loved-Ones-of-Survivors, Domestic Violence, Child Sexual Assault Survivors, Men & Rape, Incest
Lesbian Fiction > Romance, Modern Fiction, Classic Fiction, Poetry, Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror
Sex Workers > Feminism & Pornography
Children, Young Adults, and Parenting > Board Books, Picture Books, Chapter Books-Fiction, Chapter Books-Non-fiction, Young Adult, YA-non-fiction, YA-LGBT, YA-fantasy, YA-Graphic Novels/Comics, YA-Historical Fiction, LGBT Parenting
Queer > Coming Out, Coming Out Late in Life, Lesbian, Asexuality
Spirituality & Religion > Christianity, LGBT, Folklore/Mythology
THANKS EVERYONE! ♥
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Examples:
Subject - Sexuality, Sex, & Erotica
Subcategory - Relationships
Book - The Ethical Slut: A Practical Guide to Polyamory, Open Relationships, and Other Adventures by Dossie Easton and Janet Hardy
Subject - Sexuality, Sex, & Erotica
Subcategory - How-to, BDSM
Book - The Bottoming Book: How to Get Terrible Things Done to You by Wonderful People by Dossie Easton and Catherine Liszt
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This list will be used within the store and also available on the store's website, where hopefully the wider community will find it useful. However, since I'm currently the only person working on this project, I know that there are a lot of areas where I'm not focusing enough, or don't know to focus on at all.
So that's why I would love for anyone and everyone to help me out on this.
WHAT I WANT FROM YOU
* Tell me what other subjects and subcategories I should have. What's listed is only what I've needed to create thus far.
* Tell me what books should go on this list! I much prefer personal recommendations to links on Amazon, so rec me as many books as you can! :D
Anonymous commenting is enabled, btw.
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Here are the subjects & subcategories I have:
Subject > Subcategory, Subcategory, Subcategory
Arts > Art, Film, Music, Drama
Feminist (currently the general catch-all category) > Domestic Violence, Cooking/Food, Race, Fiction, Fantasy, Sci-fi, Biography/Autobiography, Poetry, Latino/Hispanic/Chicano, Women of Color, Graphic Novels/Comics, History, Pre-Feminism, Travel, Classism, Native American, Mythology/Folklore, Reproductive Rights, Disability Studies/Ableism, Black Feminism, Zines, Pop Culture, Environment
Global Feminism > Subcategories are regions/countries
Sexuality, Sex, & Erotica > Sex How-to, Masturbation, BDSM, Relationships, Sexuality, Lesbian
Gender Studies > Trans, Masculinity
Health > LGBT, Mental Health, Aging, Parenting, Alternative Medicine, Herbal Medicine, History
Body Image > Disordered Eating, Fat Acceptance, Parenting, History
Survivors > Sexual Assault Survivors, Partners-Parents-and-Loved-Ones-of-Survivors, Domestic Violence, Child Sexual Assault Survivors, Men & Rape, Incest
Lesbian Fiction > Romance, Modern Fiction, Classic Fiction, Poetry, Sci-fi/Fantasy/Horror
Sex Workers > Feminism & Pornography
Children, Young Adults, and Parenting > Board Books, Picture Books, Chapter Books-Fiction, Chapter Books-Non-fiction, Young Adult, YA-non-fiction, YA-LGBT, YA-fantasy, YA-Graphic Novels/Comics, YA-Historical Fiction, LGBT Parenting
Queer > Coming Out, Coming Out Late in Life, Lesbian, Asexuality
Spirituality & Religion > Christianity, LGBT, Folklore/Mythology
THANKS EVERYONE! ♥