--- description: Find out why Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall is on TIME's list of the must-read books from this year. title: 'Hood Feminism' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt135e690027752632/698a1402096a946cc66a8cc2/best-books-2020-Hood-Feminism.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 09, 2020 # Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  “We’re not supporting characters in feminism, and we can’t afford to wait for equality to trickle down to us eventually,” [Mikki Kendall](https://time.com/5847969/black-lives-matter-protests/ "undefined") writes in _Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot_, a piercing treatise that forces the [mainstream feminist movement](https://time.com/5789438/feminism-poverty-gun-violence/ "undefined") to examine its own privilege and whiteness. With poise and clarity, Kendall lays out the case for why feminists need to fight not just for career advancement but also for basic needs and issues that often plague women of color, including food security, educational access, a living wage and safety from gun violence. In expertly tying the racial justice and feminist movements together, Kendall’s is one of the most important books of the current moment. **Buy Now:** _Hood Feminism_ on [Bookshop](https://bookshop.org/a/4973/9780525560548 "undefined") | [Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0525560548/ref=as%5Fli%5Fqf%5Fasin%5Fil%5Ftl?ie=UTF8&tag=time-books-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=0525560548&linkId=9d2561b684aed1fe8203f9ff6be870e8 "undefined") These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904271/hood-feminism/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904271/hood-feminism/"},"headline":"'Hood Feminism' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2020","datePublished":"2020-11-09T20:14:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:44:49.757Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904271/hood-feminism/","keywords":["E-Commerce","Books","list"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt135e690027752632/698a1402096a946cc66a8cc2/best-books-2020-Hood-Feminism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt135e690027752632/698a1402096a946cc66a8cc2/best-books-2020-Hood-Feminism.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/must-read-books-2020/5904271/hood-feminism/","name":"'Hood Feminism' Is One of the 100 Must-Read Books of 2020"}}]}] ```