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A review by naomisnicholas
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
this was such a great intersectional approach on feminism, i enjoyed it so much!! (aside from getting angrier lol) and actually cited a part of this for my uni essay during the first few days i read this. if ur white, u simply MUST read this idc. or if ur a learning feminist, i highly suggest this as an intro! none of that white feminist shit
some of my favorite takes:
- "If people on the right fear change, the patriarchy fears equality, and some white feminists fear equity, then what do marginalized people fear? And how are they coping with that fear? It isn’t by voting for the worst possible candidates in droves; it certainly isn’t by refusing to confront what’s wrong in their communities or outside them."
- ". . . you should ask yourself, Why are they loud? Why are they angry? Where is their safe space? How has feminism empowered them or their communities? Has it helped those girls at all? Because ultimately, the ways that we are failing young women of color will come back to haunt their futures and ours."
- ". . . to be aware of what is happening in this world is to be in an almost perpetual state of rage. Everyone should be angry about injustice, not just those experiencing it."
- "No one has ever freed themselves from oppression by asking nicely. Instead they had to fight, sometimes with words and sometimes with bullets."
some of my favorite takes:
- "If people on the right fear change, the patriarchy fears equality, and some white feminists fear equity, then what do marginalized people fear? And how are they coping with that fear? It isn’t by voting for the worst possible candidates in droves; it certainly isn’t by refusing to confront what’s wrong in their communities or outside them."
- ". . . you should ask yourself, Why are they loud? Why are they angry? Where is their safe space? How has feminism empowered them or their communities? Has it helped those girls at all? Because ultimately, the ways that we are failing young women of color will come back to haunt their futures and ours."
- ". . . to be aware of what is happening in this world is to be in an almost perpetual state of rage. Everyone should be angry about injustice, not just those experiencing it."
- "No one has ever freed themselves from oppression by asking nicely. Instead they had to fight, sometimes with words and sometimes with bullets."