If Untamed by gave you permission to stop performing, let Hood Feminism by show you the blueprint for what comes next.
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- Moves from internal liberation → systemic action
- Confronts white feminism's performative comfort w/ receipts
- Tackles hunger, housing, healthcare—not just feelings
- Sharp essays = manifesto meets trusted friend
You broke the cage open with Untamed—now Hood Feminism asks you to look at who built it, and for whom. Mikki Kendall dismantles the glossy, wine-and-book-club version of liberation with the same unflinching honesty Doyle brought to her cheetah metaphor, but here the wild animal is intersectional rage, and it refuses to be tamed by white feminism's limited imagination. If you loved Doyle's permission to stop performing, Kendall hands you the blueprint for what comes after: a feminism that centers food insecurity, healthcare deserts, and survival—not just self-actualization.
This isn't empowerment as aesthetic; it's empowerment as infrastructure. Kendall writes like the battle-scarred friend who won't let you mistake comfort for freedom, delivering cultural critique with the intimacy of a late-night confession and the precision of a manifesto.
If you loved Doyle's permission to stop performing, Kendall hands you the blueprint for what comes after.
What Readers Are Saying
"This should be absolutely required reading...a work of nonfiction this short and this readable that is also so expansive, so all-encompassing, and so effective. Bottom line: If you are a person and you are on this planet, read this book." — emma, Goodreads
"Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot really opened my eyes...This book is illuminating. Ms. Kendall shares personal experiences throughout in order to illustrate how important it is that we start including all women in our fight for women." — Jenna ❤ ❀ ❤, Goodreads
"If someone wanted to understand what intersectional feminism or womanism looks like, I would point them straight to this book...Kendall covers a dazzling range of issues and explains how they are correlated to the experiences of many Black women." — Mara, Goodreads
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