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HOOD FEMINISM
Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall's HOOD FEMINISM is a searing, electrifying critique of today's feminist movement.
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot--and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are feminist issues. All too often, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement when there is a distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?
In her potent collection of essays, Mikki Kendall writes fiercely about the bigotry that has long powered white feminism and marginalized anyone outside its narrow parameters, and how the recent political climate suffers greatly from that ingrained bigotry and willing blindness. In varied and incisive essays, Kendall delves into how gun violence, hunger, education, housing, and more are all feminist issues, even when mainstream white feminism doesn't treat them as such, and she digs deep into how these issues disproportionately affect women, especially women of color and other women--such as disabled and trans women--in the margins.
In her essays "Of #FastTailedGirls and Freedom," "Pretty for a." and "Black Girls Don't Have Eating Disorders," Kendall explores sexuality, beauty standards, and body image, examining harmful myths and stereotypes, as well as the obstacles marginalized women face relating to everything from natural hair to #foodstagram. From there, Kendall goes into how women of color, especially Black women, are often lambasted for speaking out; they're labeled angry or toxic, which she explores in "The Fetishization of Fierce." Then there's "Reproductive Justice, Eugenics, and Maternal Morality" and "Parenting While Marginalized," in which Kendall examines how the mainstream feminist rhetoric around reproductive rights and child-rearing is aimed at the white cis abled middle class; it's deeply exclusionary to those who don't fall into that category. Kendall ends her collection with "Allies, Anger, and Accomplices," about how anger is necessary for change, and how "being an accomplice means that white feminism will devote its platforms and resources to supporting those in marginalized communities doing feminist work."
These are only a few in Kendall's electrifying collection, but all 17 of her essays embody Kendall's unique brand of gender justice, which emerged from her upbringing in Chicago, raised by women like her grandmother.
Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality, policing, gender, sexual assault, and other current events. She has written for The Guardian, Ebony, Essence, Publishers Weekly, Global Comment, Salon, xoJane, and other online markets. She is also an accomplished speaker, frequently speaking on race, feminism, and social media. On Twitter, she has over 113,000 followers, giving her a reach of 36 million impressions per month, and her platform continues to grow.
In her potent collection of essays, Mikki Kendall writes fiercely about the bigotry that has long powered white feminism and marginalized anyone outside its narrow parameters, and how the recent political climate suffers greatly from that ingrained bigotry and willing blindness. In varied and incisive essays, Kendall delves into how gun violence, hunger, education, housing, and more are all feminist issues, even when mainstream white feminism doesn't treat them as such, and she digs deep into how these issues disproportionately affect women, especially women of color and other women--such as disabled and trans women--in the margins.
In her essays "Of #FastTailedGirls and Freedom," "Pretty for a." and "Black Girls Don't Have Eating Disorders," Kendall explores sexuality, beauty standards, and body image, examining harmful myths and stereotypes, as well as the obstacles marginalized women face relating to everything from natural hair to #foodstagram. From there, Kendall goes into how women of color, especially Black women, are often lambasted for speaking out; they're labeled angry or toxic, which she explores in "The Fetishization of Fierce." Then there's "Reproductive Justice, Eugenics, and Maternal Morality" and "Parenting While Marginalized," in which Kendall examines how the mainstream feminist rhetoric around reproductive rights and child-rearing is aimed at the white cis abled middle class; it's deeply exclusionary to those who don't fall into that category. Kendall ends her collection with "Allies, Anger, and Accomplices," about how anger is necessary for change, and how "being an accomplice means that white feminism will devote its platforms and resources to supporting those in marginalized communities doing feminist work."
These are only a few in Kendall's electrifying collection, but all 17 of her essays embody Kendall's unique brand of gender justice, which emerged from her upbringing in Chicago, raised by women like her grandmother.
Mikki Kendall is a writer, diversity consultant, and feminist who talks a lot about intersectionality, policing, gender, sexual assault, and other current events. She has written for The Guardian, Ebony, Essence, Publishers Weekly, Global Comment, Salon, xoJane, and other online markets. She is also an accomplished speaker, frequently speaking on race, feminism, and social media. On Twitter, she has over 113,000 followers, giving her a reach of 36 million impressions per month, and her platform continues to grow.
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Published 2020-02-25 by Viking |