Mikki Kendall

Mikki Kendall is the author of Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot and Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights.

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Angela Bassett's Face Said Everything

"You see her absorb in real time what was perhaps almost a foregone conclusion for a Black actress, even one at her level."

By Mikki Kendall

Will Smith's Slap Was Shocking. The Debate That Followed Was Not

Will Smith is only the fifth Black man in history to win an Oscar for Best Actor. But on the night of his historic win, the biggest story has become his reaction to Chris Rock’s...

By Mikki Kendall

What Black Women Saw at Ketanji Brown Jackson's Confirmation Hearings

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson took a long pause. Senator Ted Cruz had just showed blown-up images from Dr. Ibram X. Kendi’s Antiracist Baby and asked her if she believed that babies were racist. Beyond the...

By Mikki Kendall

Inequality Has Pushed Chicago to the Brink

It’s been a summer of unrest in Chicago. The homicide rate spiked. Protesters have clashed with law enforcement. There’s been looting. There’s been violence. At least once Mayor Lori Lightfoot described the actions of demonstrators...

By Mikki Kendall

Column: There Is No Right Way to Fight for Your Life

As protests spring up across the country and around the world in response to the video of George Floyd’s murder, there seems to be some confusion about why this moment, this death at the hands...

By Mikki Kendall

The Women Mainstream Feminism Forgot

My first marriage ended in divorce, and afterward, I was on food stamps, I had a state-funded medical card that gave me and my son access to medical care, and I was living in public...

By Mikki Kendall

How to Make History by Tweeting an Old Photo

Why I started the hashtag #HistoricPOC: to prove that people of color are part of the past

By Mikki Kendall
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