This work must ultimately center the voices of Black women, however. In Chapter 5, “It’s Raining Patriarchy,” Kendall notes that patriarchy appears in culturally specific ways, and Black women and girls have responded to it by engaging in code switching still, they need help inside and outside of their communities to counter patriarchy. In Chapter 4, “Of #FastTailedGirls and Freedom,” Kendall discusses how labeling Black girls and girls of color as sexually precocious (“fast”) is a wrongheaded approach to an enduring epidemic of sexual violence.
In Chapter 3, “Hunger,” Kendall situates food insecurity and hunger as feminist issues that White feminists have ignored because of their class-based blinders. In Chapter 2, “Gun Violence,” Kendall argues that gun violence is a feminist issue because it has a disproportionate impact on Black women and girls. To retain the relevancy of the movement, White feminists need to learn to be good allies to other women. In Chapter 1, “Solidarity Is Still for White Women,” Kendall observes that contemporary feminism has lost its legitimacy because it only serves the interests of affluent, middle-class, and professional White women. If feminism is to remain relevant, it must become intersectional by paying attention to these women, their needs, and the particularities of their experiences.
In the Introduction, Kendall uses autobiography and Black feminist theory to explain that feminism has long marginalized the experiences of Black women, particularly ones from under-resourced communities (i.e., the “hood”).
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