notes from the women that a movement forgot

An unforgettable debut, Kendall has written a ferocious clarion call to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the movement in thought and in deed. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux.

In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. In this forceful and eloquent series of essays, she takes on the feminist myopia that ignores the daily existential struggles of women of color and encourages a. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord, and women who rebuff at carrying the title. If you're someone who claims the mantel of feminism, who believes in the innate equality of all. Description: New York : Viking, 2020 Includes bibliographical. Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. She points to those middle-class feminists who make much of Muslim women as needing saving from a system of oppression that is other, without recognising that oppression is everywhere: in the. Title: Hood feminism : notes from the women that a movement forgot / Mikki Kendall. In Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot, writer and feminist scholar Mikki Kendall writes, We rarely talk about basic needs as a feminist issue. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women.

Notes from the women that a movement forgot