Kirkus Reviews praised the book as a 'much-needed addition to feminist discourse'. Time listed the book as one of '100 Must-Read Books of 2020'. Reception īetween June 28, 2020, and June 20, 2021, the book entered the Los Angeles Times 's bestsellers list eight times. Kendall writes that unique struggles differ between women of different communities and comments on the ability of one group of women to oppress another. Kendall uses her personal experiences of being in an abusive marriage and raising her son in poverty in connection with her essays. Myths and stereotypes attached to marginalized groups prevents them from getting proper help and Kendall argues this in chapters like 'Black Girls Don't Have Eating Disorders'. For example, Kendall argues that mainstream feminist groups have left issues regarding hypersexualization of black girls to be handled by racial justice organizations. Through an intersectional framework, Kendall argues that mainstream feminism has excluded a number of women's issues, particularly those of women of color, and explores how a number of issues affect women, including the education gap, poverty, food and housing insecurity, and gun violence. It was published on February 25, 2020, by Viking Press. It’s not, you would guess, the easiest argument to make.Hood Feminism is a 2020 non-fiction book by Mikki Kendall about intersectionality and feminism. In personal, precise language - one chapter is titled “Parenting While Marginalized” - Kendall lays out a clear, furious indictment of how contemporary feminism often fails the basic survival needs of many working-class women.

Where, Kendall asked, was the feminism for everyone else - especially women of color? How was feminism addressing food stamps, a living wage, education, gun violence? She created the viral hashtag #solidarityisforwhitewomen, which led this year to the publication of “Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot,” an acclaimed manifesto that’s nudged many feminists toward less academic, more community-based activism. The “lean-in” wing of the movement, she decided, has been myopic, about bolstering privilege, pushing a career forward, pay equity. About seven years ago, Hyde Park’s Mikki Kendall, a self-described “writer, diversity consultant and occasional feminist,” realized she couldn’t really call herself a feminist these days.

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