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The book Hood Feminism, written by Mikki Kendall, consists of 18 separate essays. Through an intersectional framework, Kendall argues that mainstream feminism has excluded a number of women's issues, particularly those of women of color, and explores how a number of issues affect women, including the education gap, poverty, food and housing insecurity, and gun violence. Kendall uses her personal experiences of being in an abusive marriage and raising her son in poverty in connection with her essays. Kendall points out the unique struggles that differs between women of different communities and the ability of one group of women to oppress another.

Ericka Taylor lauded the prose as "clean, crisp, and cutting" and found that Kendall provided suggestions of how to "reach a more encompassing, intersectional feminism". These suggestions include advocating for women from different racial groups and communities to create overall feminist solidarity. Similarly, Nesrine Malik commends Kendall for renouncing the phrase "black girl magic" and the need for black women to be strong and sassy everyday of their lives. In contrast, Julie Lythcott-Haims of the Washington Post reviewed that some of the book featured "overly generalized" arguments, "opaque" writing and cliches. However, Lythcott-Haims stated that the book is convincing in its conclusion that in America, poor and working-class women of color don't have to same access to necessities, such as education, as compared to upper-class white women.