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

24 reviews

mads_jpg's review

challenging dark informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

A fantastic book on a complex but necessary subject. I learnt a lot from this book and it made me reflect on how I can be a better accomplice to marginalized women. The book was mostly accessible but my only gripe is that I sometimes found the writing style hard to understand, not sure if that's the result of how complicated the subject is or the way it was edited. Otherwise, an amazing book that everyone should read.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Eating disorder, Sexism, Violence, Classism, Gun violence, Misogyny, Police brutality, and Racism

Moderate: Child death, Death, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Infertility, Mental illness, Miscarriage, Abortion, Confinement, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Deportation, Medical content, Pregnancy, Ableism, Medical trauma, Cultural appropriation, Slavery, and Colonisation

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

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

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

jessthanthree's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Sexism

Moderate: Sexual violence, Violence, Gun violence, Police brutality, Body shaming, Pregnancy, Miscarriage, Medical trauma, Domestic abuse, and Physical abuse

rorikae's review

challenging emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

'Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That A Movement Forget' by Mikki Kendall is a great overview of some of the aspects of feminism that are often overlooked and ignored by mainstream feminism. Kendall spends each chapter unpacking something that has been overlooked by feminism but that is a crucial piece in supporting every woman. Chapters discuss poverty, housing, reproductive justice, hunger, and more. Kendall builds on each chapter to create a great introduction to how we need to look beyond what mainstream feminism professes if we want to truly support communities. 
I think this is a great starting point for someone who is interested in expanding their view of feminism from what is portrayed in mainstream circles to what actually brings about support and care for communities. Kendall weaves her own experiences in with larger lessons that are both accessible and informative. I had expected the book to expand a bit more on each topic but with the breadth of what Kendall discusses I now understand that that would have made the book too long. Instead, I will be using this as a starting point to look for other books that tackle each of the supporting sections in turn. I highly recommend this book, whether you are just starting to tackle the problems with mainstream feminism or someone who has already read more about this subject. 

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Gun violence, Misogyny, Sexism, Slavery, Transphobia, Violence, Abortion, Classism, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, and Colonisation

aqtbenz's review

challenging informative medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Pregnancy, Racism, Sexual harassment, and Sexism

adrianajimenez's review

informative reflective medium-paced

one of the best feminist books i've read so far for sure. concepts and ideas were explained wonderfully and even though i was already familiar with what was talked about in this book, i was still able to form deeper thoughts about them and feel like i was learning. honestly, it's just such a great read whether you are knowledgeable in the subject or not, so i definitely recommend!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Miscarriage

Moderate: Ableism, Abortion, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Gun violence, Hate crime, Medical trauma, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Infertility, Sexual harassment, and War

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