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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
20 reviews
mikkiokko's review against another edition
5.0
Moderate: Eating disorder, Death, Murder, Grief, Medical trauma, Homophobia, Racism, Slavery, Miscarriage, Addiction, Gun violence, Misogyny, and Mental illness
fareehareads's review against another edition
5.0
Hood Feminism breaks down and showcases a perspective on women in communities that face poverty as well as adding into the conversation a woman's racial background, societal expectations based on that background, and the realities of how women's lives are shaped by these factors especially when you are black in an inherently racist country. The minimizing of black women's experiences, the consequences of poverty for black single mothers, the realities of not having access to a safe home to study in when you're young, and everything in between. I also appreciated the chapter on allyship vs an accomplice.
There are mentions of and acknowledgments to the black trans community and the black queer community at large in multiple chapters that I appreciated since so many feminist texts gloss over their experiences. I really do need to pick up this book in person when my book buying ban is over (it officially starts today) because this was a very good read. Highly recommend to anyone expanding their definition of feminism.
Graphic: Racial slurs, Violence, and Racism
Moderate: Misogyny and Police brutality
Minor: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mental illness
mads_jpg's review against another edition
4.75
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
xfallenxnightx's review against another edition
5.0
Graphic: Racism and Misogyny
Moderate: Sexual violence, Body shaming, Eating disorder, and Mental illness
minty_3's review against another edition
3.75
Graphic: Racism
Moderate: Domestic abuse, Abortion, Mental illness, Classism, and Eating disorder
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 against another edition
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
jeanniea's review against another edition
4.0
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
whitej18's review against another edition
3.5
Graphic: Hate crime, Sexual assault, Racism, Racial slurs, Mental illness, Gun violence, Suicide attempt, and Rape
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Addiction, Pregnancy, Gun violence, Genocide, Xenophobia, Toxic relationship, and Alcoholism
Minor: Eating disorder, Abandonment, Drug abuse, Transphobia, and Toxic relationship
anniereads221's review against another edition
4.0
Graphic: Ableism, Abortion, Biphobia, Miscarriage, Violence, Classism, Death, Gun violence, Hate crime, Homophobia, Lesbophobia, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Racism, Rape, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, and Transphobia