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

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yianzhang's review against another edition

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informative reflective medium-paced

4.75

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challenging informative medium-paced

4.25

For anyone who considers themselves to be a feminist, this is a must-read. Mikki Kendall captured a lot of feelings that I had about mainstream white feminism and why it really does a disservice to marginalized communities.

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informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

This is *the* perfect introductory book on intersectional feminism. Kendall does a great job of weaving in her own personal lived in experience with each chapter’s topic, making this a genuinely memorable and absorbable read. Though she covers a myriad of topics, Hood Feminism has a great flow from the first chapter to the end—really perfectly showing the reader how interconnected all of these feminist issues are.

My ONLY con is that I wanted more from certain chapters (eating disorders for example) and other chapters being a bit long, causing the core thesis to get buried. Overall, would definitely look to this book as a must read for anyone interested in feminism and social issues.

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challenging emotional informative medium-paced

5.0

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challenging emotional informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.25

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emotional hopeful informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

This is the first non-fiction I've ever rated 5 stars and it truly deserves it. I normally take a lot longer to read non-fiction than fiction but this one was just as captivating as the best fiction books and was very readable so I kept wanting to pick it up and read it even when I only had a couple minutes between classes. I love that the language is so accessible but conveys really important and complex ideas, I think that's the best way to write political nonfiction. I also think it really deserves the 'inspiring' mood marker since after having read it I plan to use the chapter titles as a jumping-off point for issues I want to find opportunities to help tackle in the coming years. Kendall did a really great job writing a piece of text that is both informative and an incitement to action. I particularly love how every chapter ended with a couple paragraphs about how feminism could change to address that particular issue.

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challenging informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

(I listened to the audiobook version.)
There wery many observations, ideas, and suggestions in this book that I found helpful for my own mindset, even when they might not have been completely new to me. It is important to note that this book does require you to be familiar with feminism, otherwise it is not as accessible. This is due to the fact that Kendall directs her words mainly to white mainstream feminists. I think anyone who considers themself a feminist should look into the ideas of this work and reflect upon them.

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