![]() ![]() I understand not everyone has the privilege to donate to causes monthly, or spend time outside of their jobs working for free at another organization and that’s totally okay! But my privilege let’s me do this. □□”‘Why can’t we give everyone else the same support and access?’ That’s the battle feminism should be fighting.” I’ve taken inventory of my giving and volunteer hours and am trying to diversify my impact to cover multiple causes often neglected by mainstream Feminism, including Hunger, Housing, Education etc. It’s great I learned the things, but what am I going to DO with it? Hood Feminism restructured my brain on feminism, so I’m restructuring my fight. ![]() We must work to unlearn the harmful narratives we’ve been taught and that we created in response to white supremacy.” □□”As feminists we need to take critical, radical measures in listening to women in the poorest communities about what they want and need instead of projecting narratives of ignorance onto them. Context is needed because needs vary based on things like socioeconomic background, culture, race, gender identity and more. While I understood any issue that impacts women to be a feminist issue, feminism looks different to different people. I thought I was doing a pretty good job of that. Hood Feminism taught me so much about how to make my feminism more Intersectional. This is definitely one I’ll be revisiting several times! I am IN LOVE with this book! I got the audiobook, then 3 chapters in I had to pick up the e-book so I could make notes (hence the headphones). ![]()
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