Reviews tagging 'Racism'

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

107 reviews

nataliegray's review

challenging emotional hopeful informative reflective tense medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racial slurs, Police brutality, Transphobia, Racism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Hate crime, Abortion, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infertility, Medical trauma, and Miscarriage

redrosemoth's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

A must read. This book is the friend that tells you you have something stuck in your teeth. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Classism, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Abortion, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Mass/school shootings, Ableism, Hate crime, Racism, Addiction, and Police brutality

toffishay's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.25

Mikki Kendall is a really engaging writer. She makes these difficult topics more accessible by relating them to her experiences, those of people who she knows, and making the connections between seemingly isolated ideas. Everything is interconnected and by finding that tissue, we can better work to dismantle the systems that harm us. There are also powerful calls to action for white feminists who can be more in community with BIPOC women.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexism, Racism, and Domestic abuse

Moderate: Hate crime, Misogyny, Medical content, Gun violence, Sexual assault, Slavery, Sexual violence, Medical trauma, Sexual harassment, Pregnancy, and Classism

Minor: Self harm, Xenophobia, Suicide, Body shaming, Transphobia, and Fatphobia

clarabooksit's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Racism, and Physical abuse

Moderate: Violence, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Miscarriage, Abortion, Sexual violence, Pregnancy, Misogyny, Classism, Police brutality, Sexism, Murder, Transphobia, Ableism, Medical trauma, and Hate crime

thenovelmaura's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

3.5

Going to keep this review short because I see most of the top reviews for this one are exactly what I was thinking! An important book that lays out exactly how issues of class, food insecurity, gun violence, racism, and more are inherently feminist issues. 

Given that I'm not new to intersectional feminism, some parts felt basic and some illuminating. It wasn't the smoothest listening experience and I think this could have been improved if the author haven't been chosen as the narrator (even though this seems to be the norm for nonfiction). All in all, I enjoyed the straightforward tone and think this is an essential primer for anyone who is learning or deepening their knowledge of intersectionality.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Gun violence

onlyonebookshelf's review

challenging emotional informative inspiring medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Fatphobia

Minor: Sexual violence, Sexual harassment, Hate crime, and Sexism

shaipanda's review

informative medium-paced

4.5

I don’t think I’ve read a non fiction book that wasn’t for school in years but this was an incredibly important read and despite it taking me a few months to get through Im glad I got around to reading and finishing it 
Covers a lot of really important topics - some of which I’d thought about before but many I also hadn’t at least not in the depth that they require
really important read ** 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Sexism, and Misogyny

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, and Gun violence

Minor: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Abortion, and Sexual harassment

xfallenxnightx's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

5.0

Found this book to be very informative, eye opening, and helpful for reflection on my own feminism. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Misogyny

Moderate: Sexual violence, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Mental illness

minty_3's review

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Mental illness, Classism, and Eating disorder

rather_b_reading's review

informative medium-paced

5.0

Read it! I can't review it here. I'm still processing and wouldn't know where to start besides that I underlined a fourth of it and used a whole page of tabs. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage and Misogyny

Moderate: Pregnancy, Murder, Racism, Sexual assault, Transphobia, Police brutality, and Violence