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A review by crazytourists_books
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
challenging
informative
tense
medium-paced
3.0
Before I write my "review", a few introductory things.
I am a white, European (greek living in the UK for the past 7 years), cis, heterosexual, middle class, woman with a higher education degree (PhD) and a mother of two.
I know I am privileged, and even biased on occasions (it is hard work to try and navigate in the world in a different manner than you were taught since birth, but a work worth doing might I add) and I do believe that there is one kind of feminism. And that is intersectional feminism. If not intersectional, then it is not feminism.
It was hard for me to relate with the book, not because I don't (mostly) agree with what the author says, but because the US reality is very far from my reality. The only knowledge I have for the life struggles in that part of the world is through articles and books, documentaries and films. And the more I read, the more I realise that things are much harder than most people think.
There were a few things in the book that I don't agree with but I am not sure if I want to include them in my "review" here. And that's because I am not sure if the reason is my privilege, my lack of knowledge about the US life realities, or my different point of view (privileged or not).
My biggest problem with it, was its poor editing. It was more like a stream of consciousness, quite hard to follow.
An interesting book nevertheless
I am a white, European (greek living in the UK for the past 7 years), cis, heterosexual, middle class, woman with a higher education degree (PhD) and a mother of two.
I know I am privileged, and even biased on occasions (it is hard work to try and navigate in the world in a different manner than you were taught since birth, but a work worth doing might I add) and I do believe that there is one kind of feminism. And that is intersectional feminism. If not intersectional, then it is not feminism.
It was hard for me to relate with the book, not because I don't (mostly) agree with what the author says, but because the US reality is very far from my reality. The only knowledge I have for the life struggles in that part of the world is through articles and books, documentaries and films. And the more I read, the more I realise that things are much harder than most people think.
There were a few things in the book that I don't agree with but I am not sure if I want to include them in my "review" here. And that's because I am not sure if the reason is my privilege, my lack of knowledge about the US life realities, or my different point of view (privileged or not).
My biggest problem with it, was its poor editing. It was more like a stream of consciousness, quite hard to follow.
An interesting book nevertheless
Content Warnings
Graphic: Police brutality, Racism, and Sexism
Moderate: Eating disorder
Minor: Domestic abuse