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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
by Mikki Kendall
hopeful
informative
reflective
medium-paced
"Feminism that comes from a place of fear, that prioritizes not being afraid or not being uncomfortable over being effective, is dangerous."
"Our girls aren't grown at 5 and our boys aren't weapons at birth."
All sections were succinct while also complex and dense. While many of the concepts and social issues discussed in this book are familiar to (likely) majority liberal audiences, Kendall supplements with a perspective rooted in intersectional feminism. She brings ideas and anecdotes that bring to light how many social issues are inherently feminist/women's issues too. I found the sections on Hunger, Housing, EDs, Fetishization of Fierce, and Patriarchy particularly interesting as they brought perspectives I otherwise didn't think deeply about before. My only reasons for marking down: 1) the writing style was a little hard to follow at times for me (ie. long sentences for complex concepts) and 2) the audiobook narrated by Kendall would change tone or quality mid-sentence or chapter which made it a little distracting/less flowy. These, of course, didn't take away from the learning and importance of the content.
"Our girls aren't grown at 5 and our boys aren't weapons at birth."
All sections were succinct while also complex and dense. While many of the concepts and social issues discussed in this book are familiar to (likely) majority liberal audiences, Kendall supplements with a perspective rooted in intersectional feminism. She brings ideas and anecdotes that bring to light how many social issues are inherently feminist/women's issues too. I found the sections on Hunger, Housing, EDs, Fetishization of Fierce, and Patriarchy particularly interesting as they brought perspectives I otherwise didn't think deeply about before. My only reasons for marking down: 1) the writing style was a little hard to follow at times for me (ie. long sentences for complex concepts) and 2) the audiobook narrated by Kendall would change tone or quality mid-sentence or chapter which made it a little distracting/less flowy. These, of course, didn't take away from the learning and importance of the content.