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

13 reviews

amandamarieger's review

challenging hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

This is a tough read at times, but so incredibly necessary. White feminism often makes itself out to be feminism as a whole, but there are a lot of missing pieces that this book starts to highlight. Read it! 

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Content Warnings

Minor: Violence, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Xenophobia, Hate crime, Classism, Colonisation, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Abortion, Homophobia, Racial slurs, Deportation, Racism, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Physical abuse, Slavery, Toxic relationship, and Transphobia

greatexpectations77's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

I want to carry this around like a holy book. I want to write a year-long monthly book club guide that goes through this book one chapter at a time. Like. god. wow. I feel like you could learn something new every time you read it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Racism, Sexism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Gun violence, Infertility, Abortion, Miscarriage, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, and Domestic abuse

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

jeanniea's review

challenging informative inspiring medium-paced

4.0

Really dense. Lots of good info!

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racism, Sexism, Hate crime, Murder, Ableism, and Classism

Minor: Sexual assault, Murder, Gun violence, Drug use, Ableism, Domestic abuse, Grief, Abortion, Addiction, Police brutality, Mental illness, and Kidnapping

mariangrimp's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Abortion, Gun violence, Domestic abuse, Sexual violence, Misogyny, Drug use, and Racism

melchasles's review

informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Minor: Abortion, Ableism, Addiction, Drug use, Eating disorder, Gaslighting, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Misogyny, Police brutality, Racism, Sexism, Sexual violence, Slavery, Transphobia, and Xenophobia

madisonfrank's review

emotional informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Death, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Forced institutionalization, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Violence

bookybadger's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Misogyny, Hate crime, and Sexism

Moderate: Abortion, Addiction, Police brutality, Miscarriage, Mental illness, Homophobia, Gun violence, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, and Domestic abuse

Minor: Transphobia, Trafficking, Toxic relationship, Sexual violence, Sexual assault, Pregnancy, and Forced institutionalization

morganperks's review

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Addiction, Bullying, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infertility, Infidelity, Islamophobia, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Murder, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, Violence, and Xenophobia

ellab93's review

emotional hopeful informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Minor: Abortion, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Police brutality, Hate crime, Domestic abuse, Drug use, and Child death