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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall

16 reviews

lottie1803's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Misogyny, Cultural appropriation, Death, Drug abuse, Ableism, Abortion, Chronic illness, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Infertility, Confinement, Rape, Sexual harassment, Addiction, Child abuse, Islamophobia, Murder, Mass/school shootings, Drug use, Hate crime, War, Toxic relationship, Slavery, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical trauma, Transphobia, Pregnancy, Sexual violence, Sexism, Religious bigotry, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Racism, Physical abuse, Xenophobia, Bullying, Colonisation, and Domestic abuse

hxlleann's review

informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Misogyny, Racism, Death, Eating disorder, Medical trauma, Sexism, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Suicide, Classism, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Slavery, Transphobia, Body shaming, Homophobia, Pregnancy, Rape, Domestic abuse, Gaslighting, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Abortion, Hate crime, Ableism, and Bullying

autumnk3lly's review against another edition

challenging informative tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body shaming, Classism, Rape, Sexual assault, Violence, Ableism, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Murder, Police brutality, and Abortion

Moderate: Grief, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, Cultural appropriation, Emotional abuse, Fatphobia, and Cursing

Minor: Cancer

ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

So, so important but it took me ages to bring myself to finish this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Police brutality, Abortion, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence

eve81's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Slavery, and Trafficking

theblushbookworm's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

This should be mandatory reading for all feminists. Each chapter essay is insightful and succinct. I particularly appreciate Kendall’s point that any issue that affects women and femme people is a feminist issue. Highly recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Eating disorder, Gun violence, Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, and Racism

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Abortion, Police brutality, Ableism, and Bullying

thejesseract's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Deportation, Transphobia, Sexism, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Self harm, Racism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Classism, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Body shaming

rieviolet's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

At times I found the book a bit meandering and more hard to follow (but I recognize that it is mostly on me and my lacking of knowledge/expertise). For example, some of the references flew right over my head, given that they are mostly based on USA's history, society and culture/media and that I am not 100% familiar with them. 

What I appreciated the most was the intersectionality, the broad focus on all aspects of social justice relating to race, class, gender and sexuality. 

Without a doubt it was an important and eye-opening reading experience, that really made me understand the necessity to keep learning and trying to translate what I learn into effective action and behaviour.

Real feminism (if such a thing can be defined) isn't going to be found in replicating racist, transphobic, homophobic, ableist, or classit norms. But we are all human, all flawed in our ways, and perhaps most important, none of us are immune to the environment  that surrounds us. We are part of the society that 
we are fighting to change, and we cannot absolve ourselves of our role in it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Police brutality, Classism, Gun violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Miscarriage, Blood, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Sexism, Domestic abuse, Pregnancy, Medical trauma, and Racism

Moderate: Eating disorder, Violence, Bullying, Sexual harassment, Child abuse, Ableism, Rape, Murder, Slavery, Sexual violence, Child death, Death, Cultural appropriation, Fatphobia, Kidnapping, and Drug use

Minor: Pedophilia, Trafficking, Stalking, Mass/school shootings, Mental illness, Homophobia, Suicide, Islamophobia, and Abortion

herownbeat's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

5.0

This should be required reading in schools. I believe it would provide a safe space for open discussions and hopefully assist with the divisiveness that plagues the United States. More importantly, however, I think all political representatives (from local to national) should read this to understand the issues, as well as their roots, in hopes for better policymaking. Mikki Kendall requires introspection on your beliefs and actions to determine whether you’re a bystander, ally, or accomplice. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Transphobia, Miscarriage, and Sexism

Moderate: Police brutality

Minor: Medical trauma and Bullying

tilo's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

(I listened to the audiobook version.)
There wery many observations, ideas, and suggestions in this book that I found helpful for my own mindset, even when they might not have been completely new to me. It is important to note that this book does require you to be familiar with feminism, otherwise it is not as accessible. This is due to the fact that Kendall directs her words mainly to white mainstream feminists. I think anyone who considers themself a feminist should look into the ideas of this work and reflect upon them.

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Content Warnings

Minor: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Body shaming, Bullying, Colonisation, Cultural appropriation, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Hate crime, Gun violence, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Police brutality, Physical abuse, Racism, Xenophobia, Violence, Transphobia, Toxic relationship, Suicidal thoughts, Slavery, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexism, Rape, Pregnancy, Murder, Medical trauma, and Mental illness