Essays
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
2020·288 pages
Essays critiquing mainstream feminism for overlooking marginalized women's basic needs like safety, food, and healthcare while centering intersectional struggles.
Owned
Owned
Essays critiquing mainstream feminism for overlooking marginalized women's basic needs like safety, food, and healthcare while centering intersectional struggles.
About
Details
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. 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. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the...
What Readers Think
View 1 reviewWhat's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
AI
No romantic or sexual content depicted.
Violence & gore
AI
Discussions of gun violence, personal experiences with violence, and domestic violence.
Profanity
AI
Occasional strong language in critical essays.
Substance use
AI
No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
AI
Mentions of homophobia and transphobia as feminist issues.
Religious content
AI
No religious themes present.
Magic & witchcraft
AI
No magic or witchcraft elements.
Occult / demonology
AI
No occult or demonology content.
Political content
AI
Central critique of mainstream feminism and advocacy for intersectional approaches.
Self-harm / suicide
AI
No self-harm or suicide content.
Abuse & suffering
AI
Topics include hunger, poverty, racism, domestic violence, and systemic oppression.
Other
AI
No information found