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About Mikki Kendall
Mikki Kendall lives and works in Chicago where she wields words and raises a family. She has a couple of degrees, a couple of kids, and one patient husbeast. A graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and DePaul, Mikki Kendall has been blogging since 2003 under the pen name Karnythia. She has discussed topics ranging from Chicago violence to police brutality, from parenting to racial representation in media, from reproductive health to food insecurity. She has also covered abortion, education, and politics.
In August of 2013, Mikki started the hashtag #solidarityisforwhitewomen. It sparked a global conversation about racism, solidarity, representation, and access to resources in feminist circles. Her other hashtags (including #fasttailedgirls, #NotJustHello, #AbuserDynamics, #MillenialMammy, #NotYourMandingo, and others designed to make room for hard conversations about feminist issues) have also gone viral. She has written for NBC Think, Washington Post, The Guardian, Ebony, Essence, Publishers Weekly, Global Comment, Salon, xoJane, The Toast, and other online and print markets. She has also been published in several anthologies, both fiction and nonfiction. Her professional comics work includes Swords of Sorrow with Dynamite Comics, and Action Lab’s Princeless Charity Series.
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'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading' ELIZABETH GILBERT
All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few.
Meeting basic needs is a feminist issue. Food insecurity, the living wage and access to education are feminist issues. The fight against racism, ableism and transmisogyny are all feminist issues.
White feminists often fail to see how race, class, sexual orientation and disability intersect with gender. How can feminists stand in solidarity as a movement when there is a distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others?
Insightful, incendiary and ultimately hopeful, Hood Feminism is both an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux and also clear-eyed assessment of how to save it.
“A beautifully drawn, hold-no-punches, surprisingly deep dive through the history of women's rights around the world, which will entrance kids and adults alike.”—N. K. Jemisin, Hugo Award–winning author of the Broken Earth trilogy
The ongoing struggle for women’s rights has spanned human history, touched nearly every culture on Earth, and encompassed a wide range of issues, such as the right to vote, work, get an education, own property, exercise bodily autonomy, and beyond. Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is a fun and fascinating graphic novel–style primer that covers the key figures and events that have advanced women’s rights from antiquity to the modern era. In addition, this compelling book illuminates the stories of notable women throughout history—from queens and freedom fighters to warriors and spies—and the progressive movements led by women that have shaped history, including abolition, suffrage, labor, civil rights, LGBTQ liberation, reproductive rights, and more.
Examining where we've been, where we are, and where we're going, Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists is an indispensable resource for people of all genders interested in the fight for a more liberated future.
BEST-SELLER DO NEW YORK TIMES
Eleito o livro do ano pela BBC e pela revista TIME
Apontado como um dos melhores livros de 2020 pelo Washington Post
Melhor livro de não-ficção pelo Chicago Review of Books
Com muita frequência, o foco do feminismo dominante não está na sobrevivência básica para muitos, mas no aumento do privilégio para poucos.
Atender às necessidades básicas é uma questão feminista. A insegurança alimentar, o salário mínimo e o acesso à educação são questões feministas. A luta contra o racismo, o capacitismo e a transmisoginia são questões feministas.
Feministas brancas muitas vezes não conseguem ver como raça, classe, orientação sexual e deficiência se cruzam com gênero. Como as feministas podem se solidarizar com um movimento quando algumas mulheres estão oprimindo outras?
Perspicaz, incendiário e, em última análise, esperançoso, Feminismo na Periferia é a acusação irrefutável de um movimento e também uma avaliação clara de como salvá-lo.
Una crítica potente y electrizante del movimiento feminista actual que anuncia una nueva voz del feminismo negro.
El movimiento feminista actual tiene un punto ciego evidente y, paradójicamente, son las mujeres. Las feministas de la corriente principal rara vez hablan de la satisfacción de las necesidades básicas como una cuestión feminista, sostiene Mikki Kendall, pero la inseguridad alimentaria, el acceso a una educación de calidad, los barrios seguros, un salario digno y la atención médica son cuestiones feministas. Sin embargo, a menudo la atención no se centra en la supervivencia básica de la mayoría sino en el aumento de los privilegios de unos pocos. El hecho de que las feministas se nieguen a dar prioridad a estas cuestiones no ha hecho más que exacerbar el viejo problema tanto de las discordias internas como de las mujeres que se nieganl lamarse como tal. Además, las feministas blancas prominentes sufren en general de su propia miopía con respecto a cómo cosas como la raza, la clase, la orientación sexual y la capacidad se cruzan con el género. ¿Cómo podemos ser solidarias como movimiento, se pregunta Kendall, cuando existe la clara posibilidad de que algunas mujeres estén oprimiendo a otras? En su mordaz colección de ensayos, Mikki Kendall apunta a la legitimidad del movimiento feminista moderno argumentando que ha fracasado crónicamente a la hora de abordar las necesidades de todas las mujeres excepto unas pocas. Basándose en sus propias experiencias con el hambre, la violencia y la hipersexualización, junto con comentarios incisivos sobre la política, la cultura pop, el estigma de la salud mental, y mucho más, 'Feminismo de barrio' ofrece una acusación irrefutable de un movimiento en proceso de cambio. Un debut inolvidable, Kendall ha escrito una feroz llamada de atención a todas las aspirantes a feministas para que hagan realidad el verdadero mandato del movimiento con palabras y con hechos.
The Black Widow has been targeted. Now she must find the threat before they find her.
Someone has stolen the Black Widow’s blood. As Natasha Romanoff follows the trail across the globe, she discovers she wasn’t the only target. Whoever is responsible stole Bucky Barnes’ blood, too. And one thing is certain: anyone who wants the blood of the Widow and the Winter Soldier needs to be taken down, and fast. Despite a tangled web of shared history stretching back to their Red Room days, Barnes and Romanoff must join forces, confronting the demons of their past as they race to protect their future. A single drop of blood could be all it takes to save the world—or destroy it.