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Mikki Kendall
BornChicago, Illinois, United States
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
Genresessays
cultural critic
Notable workAmazons, Abolitionists, and Activists
Hood Feminism
Website
mikkikendall.com

Mikki Kendall (b. 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 will be released in early 2020.[1]

Early life and education

Kendall was born in Chicago, Illinois,[1] on October 23, 1976,[2][better source needed] and was raised in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago.[3][4] A 2005 graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign,[5][better source needed] and of DePaul University,[when?] Kendall holds degrees in history and writing.[citation needed]

Career

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[6] to pursue her writing career full-time.

Kendall is currently an essayist and cultural critic. She has written for The Guardian,[7] The Boston Globe,[8] NBC News,[9] The Washington Post,[10] Bustle,[11] Essence[12] and Eater[13] (with her essay in Eater “Hot Sauce in Her Bag” named a Best Food Essay by the Association of Food Journalists[14]). She has appeared as a cultural commentator on NPR,[15] Al Jazeera English,[16] and the BBC.[17]

She is recognizable as a member of Black Twitter.[18] Kendall is also the creator of the viral Twitter hashtags #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen,[19] which criticized racism in the feminist movement,[20] 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.[21] 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[22] and her political-nonfiction book Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot was released in February 2020 by Viking Books.[23]

Books

  • Hidden Youth (ed). ISBN 978-0-9913921-0-0
  • Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists: A Graphic History of Women's Fight for Their Rights ISBN 9780399581793
  • Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women a Movement Forgot ISBN 9780525560548

References

  1. ^ a b "Authors N.K. Jemisin and Mikki Kendall". Chicago Public Library. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  2. ^ Kendall, Mikki [@Karnythia] (October 23, 2018). "I'm 42 today" (Tweet). Retrieved February 24, 2020 – via Twitter.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ a b c "Mikki Kendall and Her Online Beefs with White Feminists by Theodore Ross". Vice News. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  4. ^ "How Bad Is Violence in Chicago? Depends on Your Race by Noah Berlatsky". The Atlantic. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "I've seen what a mess Veterans Affairs is. Ronny L. Jackson can't fix it by Mikki Kendall". The Washington Post. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  7. ^ The Guardian Page for Mikki Kendall, accessed 9/20/2019.
  8. ^ Racists’ under-the-radar recruitment by Mikki Kendall, The Boston Globe, Aug 18, 2017.
  9. ^ Beyoncé's 'Brown Skin Girl' is controversial because of its inclusionary vision of female beauty by Mikki Kendall, NBC News, July 25, 2019.
  10. ^ There are two Americas. In one, you can get arrested for sitting in a Starbucks by Mikki Kendall, The Washington Post, April 17, 2018.
  11. ^ Mikki Kendall Author Page, Bustle, accessed 9/20/2019.
  12. ^ Mikki Kendall Author Page, Essence, accessed 9/20/2019.
  13. ^ Hot Sauce in Her Bag by Mikki Kendall, Eater, Feb 10, 2016.
  14. ^ AFJ winners in 2018 Food Journalism Competition, Association of Food Journalists website, accessed 9/20/2019.
  15. ^ Five Years In, Should The First Lady Do More? NPR, December 4, 2013.
  16. ^ 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.
  17. ^ [ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b038hfdf Fidan Hajiyeva; Is feminism racist?], BBC News, accessed 9/20/2019.
  18. ^ The Black Feminists Who Saw the Alt-Right Threat Coming by Rachelle Hampton, Slate, April 23, 2019.
  19. ^ #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen: women of color's issue with digital feminism, by Mikki Kendall, The Guardian, August 14, 2013.
  20. ^ #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen Creator, Mikki Kendal, Speaks About Women Of Color, Feminism, Huffington Post, 8/23/2013.
  21. ^ Review of Hidden Youth, edited by Mikki Kendall and Chesya Burke, Publishers weekly, 11/07/2016.
  22. ^ Page for Amazons, Abolitionists, and Activists Penguin Random House, accessed 9/20/2019.
  23. ^ Page for Hood Feminism Penguin Random House, accessed 9/20/2019.
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