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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
5.0
As someone who is a proud feminist, who has written many essays on feminist rhetoric and feminist spaces, I can’t believe I waited this long to read Mikki Kendall’s, Hood Feminism.
Not gonna lie, I became interested in this book after seeing the blurb from Ibram X. Kendi. I had purchased his book, Antiracist Baby, for my son on his first birthday and it has been a crowd favorite ever since.
I had seen Kendi and Kendall’s books placed side by side in the book section of my local Target, and I’m so glad I finally got around to reading this.
The way that she organized her points in this book, and her ability provide not only assessments but practical ways to incorporate change in our communities, allows readers to not feel overwhelmed by all this knowledge. She scaffolds her points and arguments so that they are minimally connected and touched upon in subsequent chapters. She really leaves no room for readers to forget anything. Which is so brilliant.
I will most likely be reading this again soon, and probably annotating it too.
Not gonna lie, I became interested in this book after seeing the blurb from Ibram X. Kendi. I had purchased his book, Antiracist Baby, for my son on his first birthday and it has been a crowd favorite ever since.
I had seen Kendi and Kendall’s books placed side by side in the book section of my local Target, and I’m so glad I finally got around to reading this.
The way that she organized her points in this book, and her ability provide not only assessments but practical ways to incorporate change in our communities, allows readers to not feel overwhelmed by all this knowledge. She scaffolds her points and arguments so that they are minimally connected and touched upon in subsequent chapters. She really leaves no room for readers to forget anything. Which is so brilliant.
I will most likely be reading this again soon, and probably annotating it too.