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

19 reviews

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

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 against another edition

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

zombiezami's review against another edition

4.0

As someone who's pretty well versed in feminism in general and Black feminism/womanism in particular, I didn't really find much of the information in this groundbreaking or revelatory. That being said, to a lot of others, it might be. I'd recommend this to someone who is just learning about feminism or who hasn't had much experience with WOC feminism. I thought the author did an excellent job of mixing research, care, and personal experiences. 

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Content Warnings

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

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ienbdri's review against another edition

challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.25

So, so important but it took me ages to bring myself to finish this

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Misogyny, Racism, and Sexism

Moderate: Bullying, Domestic abuse, Medical content, Suicide, Violence, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Addiction, Classism, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Mass/school shootings, Murder, Child abuse, Death, Police brutality, Abortion, Physical abuse, Religious bigotry, and Sexual violence

thejesseract's review

challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Pregnancy, Pedophilia, Murder, Deportation, Transphobia, Sexism, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Bullying, Gun violence, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Self harm, Racism, Physical abuse, Misogyny, Miscarriage, Domestic abuse, Classism, Alcoholism, Eating disorder, Drug use, Drug abuse, Death, and Body shaming

amandamarieger's review against another edition

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 against another edition

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