Hood feminism: notes from the women that a movement forgot

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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 age-old problem of both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the title. 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. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? Title Page Copyright Dedication Contents Introduction Solidarity is Still for White Women Gun Violence Hunger Of #FastTailedGirls and Freedom It’s Raining Patriarchy How to Write About Black Women Pretty for A . . . Black Girls Don’t Have Eating Disorders The Fetishization of Fierce The Hood Doesn’t Hate Smart People Missing and Murdered Fear and Feminism Race, Poverty, and Politics Education Housing Reproductive Justice, Eugenics, and Maternal Mortality Parenting While Marginalized Allies, Anger, and Accomplices Acknowledgments Sources About the Author