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. 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. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. 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. Hood Feminism shows you how to go from self-proclaimed ally, to ally, to accomplice.A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminismToday's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. 👉🗨”…if you have come to these spaces looking to take things away for your benefit instead of looking to contribute, then you’re already doing it wrong.” With my money, my time, my voice and my vote So it becomes my responsibility to try as hard as I can to bring the fight to as many places as I can. I understand not everyone has the privilege to donate to causes monthly, or spend time outside of their jobs working for free at another organization and that’s totally okay! But my privilege let’s me do this. 👉🗨”‘Why can’t we give everyone else the same support and access?’ That’s the battle feminism should be fighting.” I’ve taken inventory of my giving and volunteer hours and am trying to diversify my impact to cover multiple causes often neglected by mainstream Feminism, including Hunger, Housing, Education etc. It’s great I learned the things, but what am I going to DO with it? Hood Feminism restructured my brain on feminism, so I’m restructuring my fight. We must work to unlearn the harmful narratives we’ve been taught and that we created in response to white supremacy.” 👉🗨”As feminists we need to take critical, radical measures in listening to women in the poorest communities about what they want and need instead of projecting narratives of ignorance onto them.
Context is needed because needs vary based on things like socioeconomic background, culture, race, gender identity and more. While I understood any issue that impacts women to be a feminist issue, feminism looks different to different people. I thought I was doing a pretty good job of that. Hood Feminism taught me so much about how to make my feminism more Intersectional. This is definitely one I’ll be revisiting several times! I am IN LOVE with this book! I got the audiobook, then 3 chapters in I had to pick up the e-book so I could make notes (hence the headphones).
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