Not to say that there are places that are better than others, but we're doing this where two steps forward, one step back dance with actual equality. But I think we've got, what, 30 women CEOs or something like that, maybe 300 in the entire country? That's not a number that helps.Īt some point we have to talk about the fact that women are slightly more than half of the world's population and in most places are getting almost nowhere in terms of ongoing, sustainable equality. Mikkis book takes a critical look at how the movement was built around increasing the privilege of the few and asks readers to. You know, Lean In worked to make some people a CEO. Mikki Kendalls Hood Feminism is an in-depth look at the Feminist movement and how it does (and mostly doesnt) support women of color and other marginalized groups of women. How feminist are we if we're not looking out for the people who build these institutions and sustained that wealth. Kendall writes, Imagining a new and less problematic future for marginalized communities means letting go of every aspect of white supremacy. People are not altruistic enough to hope that supporting white women will eventually trickle down to women of color or communities of color. Hood Feminism is a call to action for feminists and feminist organizationslike WOCto step up and do work that helps liberate all women from oppression. I think it's necessary, actually, because as as the wealth gap grows, as income inequality and all of these other things are growing, we're hitting a situation where feminism is going to really want all of these communities to show up, to vote with it, to do all of these things.
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