![]() ![]() Like what you hear? Find more of our programs online. Mikki Kendall talked with us about her critique of the current mainstream feminist movement and how she feels it's not serving the needs and rights of black women. And that the same exclusion of black women that operated in 1920 is still alive and well in feminism today. Her new book is called "Hood Feminism," and it explores how the traditional feminist movement has failed to include the struggles of black women in their fight for equality. ![]() And racism within the movement continues to taint the way it represents and supports Black women in this country, says author and activist Mikki Kendall. She’s here for her community, and this book has everything to do with expanding access to it. Essential reading - Elizabeth Gilbert In Hood Feminism, author and activist Mikki Kendall looks at how feminism is neglecting marginalised communities, and what can be done to challenge and confront those inequalities from within the feminist movement Stylist, The 29 best non-fiction books out in 2020 Poignant and page-turning. And for the past hundred years the feminist movement has continued to advocate for the rights of women.īut that movement established its roots during the time of segregation. Mikki has been writing for years about protection, ‘problem children,’ the limits and the usefulness of different kinds of anger, and the way sisterhood can be wielded as a demand. ![]() This summer will mark 100 years since the ratification of the 19th Amendment-the amendment that guaranteed women the right to vote. Demonstrators protest on the National Mall in Washington, DC, during the Women's March.ĪNDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images ![]()
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