lucie_b's review against another edition
challenging
hopeful
informative
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.75
yasy_yasy16's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.75
Brilliant! A tad slow at times and can meander, but is so marvelous in its message that it doesn’t matter.
marygrace_'s review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
octavia_cade's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
This is a very convincing book - as it should be, with so many examples drawn from the author's life. She very clearly has experienced what she's talking about, and her arguments as to how Black women (and Indigenous women, trans women, and so forth) have different experiences of feminism that are often in direct conflict with the goals and approaches of white feminism are well-argued and supported. I liked having the sources in the back as well... some interesting further reading there!
I think what most struck me here was the interconnection between the issues that Kendall raises. This should be obvious, of course, but the ever-increasing weight of consequence that unstable housing, unreliable food sources, and bigotry in education and policing have on each other, let alone fifty other different things, is starkly illustrated. But no. That's not what struck me most. That was the anecdote of Kendall's teenage son, who a teacher tried to trespass for sitting quietly in an empty classroom and studying. Apparently it meant he lacked discipline. I mean, for fuck's sake! I hate to think what that so-called teacher is doing to other kids.
It's the determined avoidance and ignorance of these lived experiences that Kendall is aiming at. And she's absolutely right.
I think what most struck me here was the interconnection between the issues that Kendall raises. This should be obvious, of course, but the ever-increasing weight of consequence that unstable housing, unreliable food sources, and bigotry in education and policing have on each other, let alone fifty other different things, is starkly illustrated. But no. That's not what struck me most. That was the anecdote of Kendall's teenage son, who a teacher tried to trespass for sitting quietly in an empty classroom and studying. Apparently it meant he lacked discipline. I mean, for fuck's sake! I hate to think what that so-called teacher is doing to other kids.
It's the determined avoidance and ignorance of these lived experiences that Kendall is aiming at. And she's absolutely right.
lala2love's review against another edition
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
4.5
laynescherer's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars for Kendall’s work that weaves together the major ways social, economic, and cultural factors have and continue to limit access and opportunity to basic human rights for many in America. Her work has repeated touch points on the ways race, gender,
class, abledness, and cisgender heteronormativity have shaped not just policies, laws, and standards that govern our lives, but also the insidious ways that they shape our understanding of self worth, beauty, and value to society.
class, abledness, and cisgender heteronormativity have shaped not just policies, laws, and standards that govern our lives, but also the insidious ways that they shape our understanding of self worth, beauty, and value to society.
namakurhea's review against another edition
4.0
"Yet, since its inception, mainstream feminism has been insisting that some women have to wait longer for equality, that once one group (usually white women) achieves equality then that opens the way for all other women. But when it comes right down to it, mainstream white feminism often fails to show up for women of color. . . Whether it is the centering of white women even when women of color are most likely to be at risk, or the complete erasure of issues most likely to impact those who are not white, white feminism tends to forget that a movement that claims to be for all women has to engage with the obstacles women who are not white face." (Mikki Kendall)
Another book I would recommend anyone to read at least once in their life time... There is a lot more to feminism than activists marching while wearing pink pussy costumes. There is a lot more to feminism than #FreetheNipple. A feminist's battleground is in access in education, equal opportunities, healthcare, and all other aspects of what a decent life should be for any human being.
Another book I would recommend anyone to read at least once in their life time... There is a lot more to feminism than activists marching while wearing pink pussy costumes. There is a lot more to feminism than #FreetheNipple. A feminist's battleground is in access in education, equal opportunities, healthcare, and all other aspects of what a decent life should be for any human being.