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. Today’s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. “My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist (as I do) will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect.”-Elizabeth Gilbert A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of 2020Ī potent and electrifying critique of today’s feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminism
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