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'''Mikki Kendall''' (born October 23, 1976) is an [[author]], [[activist]], and [[cultural critic]]. Her work often focuses on current events, media representation, the politics of food, and the history of the feminist movement. Penguin Random House published her graphic novel ''Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists'' in 2019, while her political-nonfiction book ''Hood Feminism'' was released in early 2020.<ref name="ChicagoLibrary">{{cite web|url=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/5b96855cb3abdf2f00038874 |title=Authors N.K. Jemisin and Mikki Kendall|website=Chicago Public Library|accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref>
'''Mikki Kendall''' (born October 23, 1976) is an author, activist, and [[cultural critic]]. Her work often focuses on current events, media representation, the politics of food, and the history of the feminist movement. Penguin Random House published her graphic novel ''Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists'' in 2019, while her political nonfiction book ''[[Hood Feminism]]'' was released in early 2020.<ref name="ChicagoLibrary">{{cite web|url=https://chipublib.bibliocommons.com/events/5b96855cb3abdf2f00038874 |title=Authors N.K. Jemisin and Mikki Kendall|website=Chicago Public Library|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>


==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==


Kendall was born in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]],<ref name="ChicagoLibrary"/> on October 23, 1976,<ref name="birth">{{cite tweet |author= Kendall, Mikki |author-link= |user=Karnythia |number= 1054710379392221185 |date= October 23, 2018 |title= I'm 42 today. |script-title= |trans-title= |language=en |retweet= |link=https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/1054710379392221185 |access-date=February 24, 2020 |archive-url= |archive-date= |url-status=live}}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2020}}<!--Self-published information is generally not considered best for any facts in the biography.--> and was raised in the [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] neighborhood of Chicago.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xd5aq3/their-eyes-were-watching-twitter-0000317-v21n5|title= Mikki Kendall and Her Online Beefs with White Feminists by Theodore Ross|website=Vice News|date= 30 May 2014|accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref> A 2005 graduate of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign]],<ref name="UIUC">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/after-being-denied-a-snow-day-university-of-illinois-student |title=After Being Denied A Snow Day, University Of Illinois Students Respond With Racism And Sexism | author = Jha, Rega | date = January 27, 2014 | work=BuzzFeed.com | accessdate=September 20, 2019}}</ref>{{better source|date=February 2020}} and of [[DePaul University]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lithub.com/the-neoliberal-misunderstanding-of-black-education/ |title=The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education | author = Kendall, Mikki | date = February 27, 2020 | work=Literature Hub | accessdate=July 28, 2020}}</ref>{{when|date=February 2020}} Kendall holds degrees in history and writing.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}<!--Buzzfeed only quotes Kendall, and makes passing reference that she is a 2005 alumna. It is not best source for this information, and does not cover rest of paragraph.-->
Kendall was born in Chicago, Illinois<ref name="ChicagoLibrary"/> on October 23, 1976<ref name="birth">{{cite tweet |author= Kendall, Mikki |author-link= |user=Karnythia |number= 1054710379392221185 |date= October 23, 2018 |title= I'm 42 today. |script-title= |trans-title= |language=en |retweet= |link=https://twitter.com/Karnythia/status/1054710379392221185 |access-date=February 24, 2020 }}</ref> and was raised in the [[Hyde Park, Chicago|Hyde Park]] neighborhood of Chicago.<ref name="Vice">{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/xd5aq3/their-eyes-were-watching-twitter-0000317-v21n5|title= Mikki Kendall and Her Online Beefs with White Feminists by Theodore Ross|website=Vice News|date= May 30, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref> Kendall is a 2005 graduate of the [[University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign]].<ref name="UIUC">{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/after-being-denied-a-snow-day-university-of-illinois-student |title=After Being Denied A Snow Day, University Of Illinois Students Respond With Racism And Sexism | author = Jha, Rega | date = January 27, 2014 | work=BuzzFeed.com | access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=February 2020}} Kendall also has a Masters in Writing and Publishing from [[DePaul University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lithub.com/the-neoliberal-misunderstanding-of-black-education/ |title=The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education | author = Kendall, Mikki | date = February 27, 2020 | work=Literature Hub | access-date=July 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.depaul.edu/newsline/sections/debuzz/Pages/DePaul-well-represented-on-Newcity-Lit-50-list.aspx|title=DEPAUL WELL REPRESENTED ON NEWCITY LIT 50 LIST|date=August 19, 2020 |publisher=DePaul Newsline|access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==


A veteran of the [[United States Army]],<ref name="Vice"/> Kendall worked in government service until 2013 when she left her job at the [[Department of Veterans Affairs]]<ref name="VA">{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/02/ive-seen-what-a-mess-veterans-affairs-is-ronny-jackson-cant-fix-it/|title= I've seen what a mess Veterans Affairs is. Ronny L. Jackson can't fix it by Mikki Kendall|website=The Washington Post|accessdate=20 September 2019}}</ref> to pursue her writing career full-time.
A veteran of the [[United States Army]],<ref name="Vice"/> Kendall worked in government service until 2013 when she left her job at the [[Department of Veterans Affairs]]<ref name="VA">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/02/ive-seen-what-a-mess-veterans-affairs-is-ronny-jackson-cant-fix-it/|title= I've seen what a mess Veterans Affairs is. Ronny L. Jackson can't fix it by Mikki Kendall|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=September 20, 2019}}</ref> to pursue her writing career full-time.


Kendall is currently an essayist and cultural critic. She has written for ''The Guardian'',<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mikki-kendall The Guardian Page for Mikki Kendall], accessed 9/20/2019.</ref> ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/08/17/racists-under-radar-recruitment/0grfCWbS7i4ZoPxRKnm9yN/story.html Racists’ under-the-radar recruitment] by Mikki Kendall, The Boston Globe, Aug 18, 2017.</ref> NBC News,<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/beyonc-s-brown-skin-girl-controversial-because-its-inclusionary-vision-ncna1034686 Beyoncé's 'Brown Skin Girl' is controversial because of its inclusionary vision of female beauty] by Mikki Kendall, NBC News, July 25, 2019.</ref> ''The Washington Post'',<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/17/there-are-two-americas-in-one-you-can-get-arrested-for-sitting-in-a-starbucks/ There are two Americas. In one, you can get arrested for sitting in a Starbucks] by Mikki Kendall, The Washington Post, April 17, 2018.</ref> Bustle,<ref>[https://www.bustle.com/profile/mikki-kendall-1909731 Mikki Kendall Author Page], Bustle, accessed 9/20/2019.</ref> Essence<ref>[https://www.essence.com/authors/mikki-kendall-0/ Mikki Kendall Author Page], Essence, accessed 9/20/2019.</ref> and Eater<ref>[https://www.eater.com/2016/2/10/10959538/hot-sauce-in-her-bag-beyonce-black-southern-identity Hot Sauce in Her Bag] by Mikki Kendall, Eater, Feb 10, 2016.</ref> (with her essay in Eater "Hot Sauce in Her Bag" named a Best Food Essay by the Association of Food Journalists<ref name="Eater">[https://www.afjonline.com/awards-archive AFJ winners in 2018 Food Journalism Competition], Association of Food Journalists website, accessed 9/20/2019.</ref>). She has appeared as a cultural commentator on NPR,<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2013/12/04/248779490/five-years-in-should-the-first-lady-do-more Five Years In, Should The First Lady Do More?] NPR, December 4, 2013.</ref> Al Jazeera English,<ref>One example is {{cite AV media |people= Quraishi, Ash-har (host); Kendall, Mikki; Brown, Lizz; Tau, Byron & Robinson, Rashad (panel guests) | date= August 23, 2014 |title=Al Jazeera English: Listening Post—Ferguson and the Media |trans-title= |medium= streaming TV segment |language= |url= |access-date= |archive-url= |archive-date= |format= |time= Unknown time. |location= Doha, Qatar |publisher= Al Jazeera Media Network |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= |ref= }}</ref> and the BBC.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038hfdf Fidan Hajiyeva; Is feminism racist?], BBC News, accessed 9/20/2019.</ref>
Kendall is currently an essayist and cultural critic. She has written for ''[[The Guardian]]'',<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/profile/mikki-kendall The Guardian Page for Mikki Kendall], accessed September 20, 2019.</ref> ''[[The Boston Globe]]'',<ref>[https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2017/08/17/racists-under-radar-recruitment/0grfCWbS7i4ZoPxRKnm9yN/story.html Racists’ under-the-radar recruitment] by Mikki Kendall, The Boston Globe, August 18, 2017.</ref> [[NBC News]],<ref>[https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/beyonc-s-brown-skin-girl-controversial-because-its-inclusionary-vision-ncna1034686 Beyoncé's 'Brown Skin Girl' is controversial because of its inclusionary vision of female beauty] by Mikki Kendall, NBC News, July 25, 2019.</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'',<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/04/17/there-are-two-americas-in-one-you-can-get-arrested-for-sitting-in-a-starbucks/ There are two Americas. In one, you can get arrested for sitting in a Starbucks] by Mikki Kendall, ''[[The Washington Post]]'', April 17, 2018.</ref> ''[[Bustle (magazine)|Bustle]]'',<ref>{{citeweb |url=https://www.bustle.com/profile/mikki-kendall-1909731 |title=Mikki Kendall Author Page, Bustle |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230202114437/https://www.bustle.com/profile/mikki-kendall-1909731 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 2, 2023}}</ref> ''[[Essence (magazine)|Essence]]''<ref>[https://www.essence.com/authors/mikki-kendall-0/ Mikki Kendall Author Page], Essence, accessed September 20, 2019.</ref> and Eater<ref>[https://www.eater.com/2016/2/10/10959538/hot-sauce-in-her-bag-beyonce-black-southern-identity Hot Sauce in Her Bag] by Mikki Kendall, Eater, February 10, 2016.</ref> (with her essay in Eater "Hot Sauce in Her Bag" named a Best Food Essay by the Association of Food Journalists<ref name="Eater">{{citeweb |url=https://www.afjonline.com/awards-archive |title=AFJ winners in 2018 Food Journalism Competition |publisher=Association of Food Journalists |access-date=September 20, 2019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20210506014802/https://www.afjonline.com/awards-archive |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 6, 2021}}</ref>). She has appeared as a cultural commentator on [[NPR]],<ref>[https://www.npr.org/2013/12/04/248779490/five-years-in-should-the-first-lady-do-more Five Years In, Should The First Lady Do More?] NPR, December 4, 2013.</ref> ''[[Al Jazeera English]]'',<ref>One example is {{cite AV media |people= Quraishi, Ash-har (host); Kendall, Mikki; Brown, Lizz; Tau, Byron & Robinson, Rashad (panel guests) | date= August 23, 2014 |title=Al Jazeera English: Listening Post—Ferguson and the Media |trans-title= |medium= streaming TV segment |language= |url= |access-date= |format= |time= Unknown time. |location= Doha, Qatar |publisher= Al Jazeera Media Network |id= |isbn= |oclc= |quote= }}</ref> and the [[BBC]].<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038hfdf Fidan Hajiyeva; Is feminism racist?], BBC News, accessed September 20, 2019.</ref>


She is recognizable as a member of [[Black Twitter]].<ref>[https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/black-feminists-alt-right-twitter-gamergate.html The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming] by Rachelle Hampton, Slate, April 23, 2019.</ref> Kendall is also the creator of the viral Twitter hashtags #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/solidarityisforwhitewomen-hashtag-feminism |title=#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen: women of color's issue with digital feminism |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=August 14, 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> which criticized racism in the feminist movement,<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/solidarityisforwhitewomen-creator-mikki-kendal-women-of-color-feminism-_n_3749589 #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen Creator, Mikki Kendal, Speaks About Women Of Color, Feminism], Huffington Post, 8/23/2013.</ref> as well as #FastTailedGirls, a reference to the hypersexualization of Black girls, and #FoodGentrification, about the marginalization of traditional foods by commercial interest.<ref name="Vice"/>
She is recognizable as a member of [[Black Twitter]].<ref>[https://slate.com/technology/2019/04/black-feminists-alt-right-twitter-gamergate.html The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming] by Rachelle Hampton, ''[[Slate (magazine)|Slate]]'', April 23, 2019.</ref> Kendall is also the creator of the viral [[Twitter hashtag]]s [[SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen|#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/aug/14/solidarityisforwhitewomen-hashtag-feminism |title=#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen: women of color's issue with digital feminism |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=August 14, 2013 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref> which criticized racism in the feminist movement,<ref>[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/solidarityisforwhitewomen-creator-mikki-kendal-women-of-color-feminism-_n_3749589 #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen Creator, Mikki Kendal, Speaks About Women Of Color, Feminism], Huffington Post, August 23, 2013.</ref> as well as #FastTailedGirls, a reference to the hypersexualization of Black girls, and #FoodGentrification, about the marginalization of traditional foods by commercial interest.<ref name="Vice"/>


Kendall edited the science-fiction anthology ''Hidden Youth'' for Crossed Genres Press in 2016.<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9913921-3-1 Review of Hidden Youth, edited by Mikki Kendall and Chesya Burke], Publishers weekly, 11/07/2016.</ref> Kendall's graphic novel history ''Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights'' was released in November 2019 by Ten Speed Press<ref>[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570408/amazons-abolitionists-and-activists-by-mikki-kendall-and-a-damico/9780399581793/ Page for Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists] Penguin Random House, accessed 9/20/2019.</ref> and her political-nonfiction book ''Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot'' was released in February 2020 by Viking Books.<ref>[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586743/hood-feminism-by-mikki-kendall/9780525560548/ Page for Hood Feminism] Penguin Random House, accessed 9/20/2019.</ref> It criticizes the feminist movement for being largely "the province of the privileged" and ignoring problems that disproportionately impact communities of color, including poverty, housing, medical care, and racism.<ref>'''Hood Femiism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot'''(Chicago: Penguin Random House, 2020) p.223</ref>
Kendall edited the science-fiction anthology ''Hidden Youth'' for Crossed Genres Press in 2016.<ref>[https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-9913921-3-1 Review of Hidden Youth, edited by Mikki Kendall and Chesya Burke], Publishers weekly, July 11, 2016.</ref> Kendall's graphic novel history ''Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights'' was released in November 2019 by Ten Speed Press<ref>[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/570408/amazons-abolitionists-and-activists-by-mikki-kendall-and-a-damico/9780399581793/ Page for Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists] Penguin Random House, accessed September 20, 2019.</ref> and her political-nonfiction book ''[[Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot]]'' was released in February 2020 by Viking Books.<ref>[https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/586743/hood-feminism-by-mikki-kendall/9780525560548/ Page for Hood Feminism] Penguin Random House, accessed September 20, 2019.</ref> It criticizes the feminist movement for being largely "the province of the privileged" and ignoring problems that disproportionately impact communities of color, including poverty, housing, medical care, and racism.<ref>'''Hood Femiism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot'''(Chicago: Penguin Random House, 2020) p.223</ref>

== Awards and honors ==
*2017: Best Food Essay Award from the [[Association of Food Journalists]] for "Hot Sauce in Her Bag: Southern Black identity, Beyoncé, Jim Crow, and the pleasure of well-seasoned food"<ref>{{cite web |url=https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/mikki-kendall-in-conversation-with-ashley-finley-via-youtube-2-25/|title=Mikki Kendall In Conversation with Ashley Finley via YouTube|date=February 23, 2021 |publisher=Penguin Random House |access-date=June 23, 2021}}</ref>


== Bibliography ==
== Bibliography ==
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| illustrated by A. D'Amico
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| ''Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/808943234/hood-feminism-is-a-call-for-solidarity-in-a-less-than-inclusive-movement |title='Hood Feminism' Is A Call For Solidarity In A Less-Than-Inclusive Movement |last=Taylor |first=Ericka |publisher=NPR |date=February 26, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
| ''[[Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot]]''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/808943234/hood-feminism-is-a-call-for-solidarity-in-a-less-than-inclusive-movement |title='Hood Feminism' Is A Call For Solidarity In A Less-Than-Inclusive Movement |last=Taylor |first=Ericka |publisher=NPR |date=February 26, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Viking Press]]
| [[Viking Press]]
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=== Recent Essays ===
=== Recent essays ===
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| [[The New York Times]]
| [[The New York Times]]
| February 21, 2020
| February 21, 2020
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/opinion/sunday/black-women-eating-disorders.html |title=When Black Girls Hear That 'Our Bodies Are All Wrong' |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=February 21, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/opinion/sunday/black-women-eating-disorders.html |title=When Black Girls Hear That 'Our Bodies Are All Wrong' |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=February 21, 2020 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
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| ''Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them?''
| ''Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them?''
| [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']]
| [[Time (magazine)|''Time'']]
| February 24, 2020
| February 24, 2020
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/5789438/feminism-poverty-gun-violence/ |title=Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them? |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=February 24, 2020 |magazine=Time |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://time.com/5789438/feminism-poverty-gun-violence/ |title=Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them? |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=February 24, 2020 |magazine=Time |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
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| ''The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education''
| ''The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education''
| [[Literary Hub]]
| [[Literary Hub]]
| February 27, 2020
| February 27, 2020
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://lithub.com/the-neoliberal-misunderstanding-of-black-education/ |title=The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=February 27, 2020 |publisher=Literary Hub |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://lithub.com/the-neoliberal-misunderstanding-of-black-education/ |title=The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education |last=Kendall |first=Mikki |date=February 27, 2020 |publisher=Literary Hub |access-date=March 1, 2020}}</ref>
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Mikki Kendall
Born (1976-10-23) October 23, 1976 (age 48)
Chicago, Illinois, United States
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
GenresEssays
Cultural critic
Notable workAmazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
Hood Feminism
Website
mikkikendall.com

Mikki Kendall (born October 23, 1976) is an author, activist, and cultural critic. Her work often focuses on current events, media representation, the politics of food, and the history of the feminist movement. Penguin Random House published her graphic novel Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists in 2019, while her political nonfiction book Hood Feminism was released in early 2020.[1]

Early life and education

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Kendall was born in Chicago, Illinois[1] on October 23, 1976[2] and was raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.[3] Kendall is a 2005 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign.[4][better source needed] Kendall also has a Masters in Writing and Publishing from DePaul University.[5][6]

Career

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A veteran of the United States Army,[3] Kendall worked in government service until 2013 when she left her job at the Department of Veterans Affairs[7] to pursue her writing career full-time.

Kendall is currently an essayist and cultural critic. She has written for The Guardian,[8] The Boston Globe,[9] NBC News,[10] The Washington Post,[11] Bustle,[12] Essence[13] and Eater[14] (with her essay in Eater "Hot Sauce in Her Bag" named a Best Food Essay by the Association of Food Journalists[15]). She has appeared as a cultural commentator on NPR,[16] Al Jazeera English,[17] and the BBC.[18]

She is recognizable as a member of Black Twitter.[19] Kendall is also the creator of the viral Twitter hashtags #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen,[20] which criticized racism in the feminist movement,[21] as well as #FastTailedGirls, a reference to the hypersexualization of Black girls, and #FoodGentrification, about the marginalization of traditional foods by commercial interest.[3]

Kendall edited the science-fiction anthology Hidden Youth for Crossed Genres Press in 2016.[22] Kendall's graphic novel history Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights was released in November 2019 by Ten Speed Press[23] and her political-nonfiction book Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot was released in February 2020 by Viking Books.[24] It criticizes the feminist movement for being largely "the province of the privileged" and ignoring problems that disproportionately impact communities of color, including poverty, housing, medical care, and racism.[25]

Awards and honors

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  • 2017: Best Food Essay Award from the Association of Food Journalists for "Hot Sauce in Her Bag: Southern Black identity, Beyoncé, Jim Crow, and the pleasure of well-seasoned food"[26]

Bibliography

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Books

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Title Publisher Year ISBN Note
Hidden Youth: Speculative Fiction from the Margins of History[27] Crossed Genres Publications 2016 ISBN 9780991392124 Editor (with Chesya Burke)
Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights[28] Ten Speed Press 2019 ISBN 9780399581793 illustrated by A. D'Amico
Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women That a Movement Forgot[29] Viking Press 2020 ISBN 9780525560548

Recent essays

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Title Publication Date Note
When Black Girls Hear That ‘Our Bodies Are All Wrong’ The New York Times February 21, 2020 [30]
Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them? Time February 24, 2020 [31]
The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education Literary Hub February 27, 2020 [32]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Authors N.K. Jemisin and Mikki Kendall". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  2. ^ Kendall, Mikki [@Karnythia] (October 23, 2018). "I'm 42 today" (Tweet). Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b c "Mikki Kendall and Her Online Beefs with White Feminists by Theodore Ross". Vice News. May 30, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  4. ^ Jha, Rega (January 27, 2014). "After Being Denied A Snow Day, University Of Illinois Students Respond With Racism And Sexism". BuzzFeed.com. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  5. ^ Kendall, Mikki (February 27, 2020). "The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education". Literature Hub. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  6. ^ "DEPAUL WELL REPRESENTED ON NEWCITY LIT 50 LIST". DePaul Newsline. August 19, 2020. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  7. ^ "I've seen what a mess Veterans Affairs is. Ronny L. Jackson can't fix it by Mikki Kendall". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  8. ^ The Guardian Page for Mikki Kendall, accessed September 20, 2019.
  9. ^ Racists’ under-the-radar recruitment by Mikki Kendall, The Boston Globe, August 18, 2017.
  10. ^ Beyoncé's 'Brown Skin Girl' is controversial because of its inclusionary vision of female beauty by Mikki Kendall, NBC News, July 25, 2019.
  11. ^ There are two Americas. In one, you can get arrested for sitting in a Starbucks by Mikki Kendall, The Washington Post, April 17, 2018.
  12. ^ "Mikki Kendall Author Page, Bustle". Archived from the original on February 2, 2023. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  13. ^ Mikki Kendall Author Page, Essence, accessed September 20, 2019.
  14. ^ Hot Sauce in Her Bag by Mikki Kendall, Eater, February 10, 2016.
  15. ^ "AFJ winners in 2018 Food Journalism Competition". Association of Food Journalists. Archived from the original on May 6, 2021. Retrieved September 20, 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  16. ^ Five Years In, Should The First Lady Do More? NPR, December 4, 2013.
  17. ^ One example is Quraishi, Ash-har (host); Kendall, Mikki; Brown, Lizz; Tau, Byron & Robinson, Rashad (panel guests) (August 23, 2014). Al Jazeera English: Listening Post—Ferguson and the Media (streaming TV segment). Doha, Qatar: Al Jazeera Media Network. Event occurs at Unknown time.
  18. ^ Fidan Hajiyeva; Is feminism racist?, BBC News, accessed September 20, 2019.
  19. ^ The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming by Rachelle Hampton, Slate, April 23, 2019.
  20. ^ Kendall, Mikki (August 14, 2013). "#SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen: women of color's issue with digital feminism". The Guardian. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  21. ^ #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen Creator, Mikki Kendal, Speaks About Women Of Color, Feminism, Huffington Post, August 23, 2013.
  22. ^ Review of Hidden Youth, edited by Mikki Kendall and Chesya Burke, Publishers weekly, July 11, 2016.
  23. ^ Page for Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists Penguin Random House, accessed September 20, 2019.
  24. ^ Page for Hood Feminism Penguin Random House, accessed September 20, 2019.
  25. ^ Hood Femiism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot(Chicago: Penguin Random House, 2020) p.223
  26. ^ "Mikki Kendall In Conversation with Ashley Finley via YouTube". Penguin Random House. February 23, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.
  27. ^ "Out of Print Titles: Hidden Youth". Crossed Genres Publications. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  28. ^ "Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists". Kirkus Reviews. September 10, 2019. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  29. ^ Taylor, Ericka (February 26, 2020). "'Hood Feminism' Is A Call For Solidarity In A Less-Than-Inclusive Movement". NPR. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  30. ^ Kendall, Mikki (February 21, 2020). "When Black Girls Hear That 'Our Bodies Are All Wrong'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  31. ^ Kendall, Mikki (February 24, 2020). "Feminism Claims to Represent All Women. So Why Does It Ignore So Many of Them?". Time. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
  32. ^ Kendall, Mikki (February 27, 2020). "The Neoliberal Misunderstanding of Black Education". Literary Hub. Retrieved March 1, 2020.
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