![]() ![]() How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? ![]() Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the title. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. ![]() ![]() Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. Today’s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. For a movement that is meant to represent all women, it often centers on those who already have most of their needs met. Instead of a framework that focuses on helping women get basic needs met, all too often the focus is not on survival but on increasing privilege. Food insecurity and access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. We rarely talk about basic needs as a feminist issue. One of the biggest issues with mainstream feminist writing has been the way the idea of what constitutes a feminist issue is framed. ![]()
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