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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
23 reviews
gvstyris's review
4.25
We rarely talk about basic needs as a feminist issue. Food insecurity and access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. Instead of a framework that focuses on helping women get basic needs met, all too often the focus is not on survival but on increasing privilege.
This novel is so immeasurably important, not only because it offers a much needed re-framing of mainstream feminism, but because it is an absolute wake-up call for all white upper/middle class women who call themselves feminists -- myself included.
My main takeaway was the need for us cis white women to learn how to listen and exclude ourselves from the narrative where necessary. Kendall's anecdotes were powerful and compelling, and I was repeatedly forced to sit with and analyse my discomfort.
I've docked some points because of a couple minor issues: this novel is a bit repetitive at times and perhaps works best as an introduction to intersectional feminism. Still such a worthwhile read, and much more compelling than Allende's feminist memoir...
Privilege not only blinds you to oppression, it blinds you to your own ignorance even when you notice the oppression.
Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Misogyny
Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse
Minor: Medical trauma and Miscarriage
sarasimper's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Abortion, Emotional abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Classism, Misogyny, Racism, and Domestic abuse
Moderate: Gun violence, Ableism, Colonisation, Miscarriage, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Hate crime, Transphobia, and Homophobia
Minor: Deportation, Drug use, Slavery, Child abuse, Forced institutionalization, Child death, Dysphoria, and Cultural appropriation
lottie1803's review against another edition
5.0
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
brynalexa's review
4.5
Graphic: Stalking, Toxic relationship, and Ableism
Moderate: Misogyny, Police brutality, Gun violence, Xenophobia, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Hate crime, Abortion, Trafficking, Sexual violence, Miscarriage, Violence, Racism, Pregnancy, Physical abuse, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Sexism, and Rape
hxlleann's review
5.0
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
4.0
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
zombiezami's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Domestic abuse, Miscarriage, Murder, Police brutality, Violence, Pregnancy, Blood, Death, Classism, Racism, Physical abuse, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Rape, and Medical content
Moderate: Abandonment, Ableism, Alcoholism, Kidnapping, Slavery, Drug abuse, Addiction, Alcohol, Transphobia, Drug use, and Homophobia
Minor: Deportation, Religious bigotry, War, and Islamophobia
Eugenicseve81's review
5.0
Graphic: Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Murder, Violence, Misogyny, Bullying, Gun violence, Homophobia, Racism, and Xenophobia
Moderate: Sexual assault, Medical trauma, Rape, Slavery, and Trafficking
rieviolet's review against another edition
4.0
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.
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
bootsmom3's review
3.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Racism, Rape, Sexual violence, Gun violence, Pregnancy, and Sexual assault
Minor: Abortion, Classism, Domestic abuse, Alcoholism, and Death of parent