Reviews tagging 'Police brutality'

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

76 reviews

bearystarry's review against another edition

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

A great book for confronting White Feminism in yourself if you've never done that before, and a good reminder for those of us that have already been trying to confront these things.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Child death, Gun violence, Racism, Medical trauma, Murder, Classism, Police brutality, Domestic abuse, Colonisation, Sexism, Pregnancy, and Child abuse

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Mass/school shootings, Xenophobia, Genocide, Cancer, Deportation, and Abortion

gvstyris's review

challenging informative reflective medium-paced

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.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Police brutality, and Misogyny

Moderate: Rape and Domestic abuse

Minor: Medical trauma and Miscarriage

kyrstin_p1989's review

challenging hopeful reflective slow-paced

3.5

While I understand the framework from which Kendall operates throughout her arguments in this book, I don’t see feminism through the same lens. To me, feminist issues are human issues, and they always have been, so for this book to state that feminists don’t know this seemed a bit odd. The causes she claimed were feminist in nature were also pretty liberal causes that I think many feminists (including myself) were already apprised on and believed in fighting for. I know that’s not true for everyone but reading this book led me to wondering why some feminists hadn’t espoused these causes to their own. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage, Racism, and Police brutality

sarasimper's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

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

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

eedle_cacleberry's review

challenging emotional hopeful inspiring reflective sad tense slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Miscarriage, Misogyny, Sexism, and Racism

Moderate: Classism, Drug use, Police brutality, and Sexual violence

Minor: Violence

maistfu's review against another edition

challenging informative

4.5

very informative and a must read for everyone. and even though the book is mostly centered around the USA, I think it can be applied to most other countries in the world too. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual violence, Racism, Misogyny, Classism, Gun violence, and Police brutality

caelinsullivan's review

informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Transphobia, Sexual assault, Ableism, Abortion, and Police brutality

rileydobereading's review

informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Miscarriage, Racism, Police brutality, Sexual assault, and Misogyny

soozielyingcat's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative reflective sad tense medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Miscarriage

Moderate: Transphobia and Police brutality