Talk:Mikki Kendall

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard.

If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

Biography

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation.BiographyWikipedia:WikiProject BiographyTemplate:WikiProject Biographybiography

Women writers Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Women writers, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of women writers on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.Women writersWikipedia:WikiProject Women writersTemplate:WikiProject Women writersWomen writers
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

United States

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

African diaspora

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject African diaspora, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of African diaspora on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.African diasporaWikipedia:WikiProject African diasporaTemplate:WikiProject African diasporaAfrican diaspora
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.

Criticisms

This article ignores the fact that Kendall has been a controversial and polarizing figure. On February 17, 2014 the Nation Magazine published an article written by Michelle Goldberg (now with the NYTimes) called Feminism's Toxic Twitter Wars which included criticisms of Kendall and quotes from Kendall, for example:

Mikki Kendall is unmoved by complaints about the repressive climate online. An Army veteran, graduate student and married mother of two in Chicago, Kendall is both famous and feared in Internet feminist circles. Mother Jones declared her one of the “13 Badass Women of 2013”—along with Wendy Davis and Malala Yousafzai—for her creation of the #solidarityisforwhitewomen hashtag. But as Kendall well knows, many consider her a bully, though few want to say so out loud. “I kind of have a reputation for being mean,” she says.

2603:7000:2703:74:598D:851B:3472:DAC6 (talk) 14:54, 30 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Title of author’s works

To me, it feels describing her book Hood Feminism as just nonfiction falls short on the literary work that it is. As well as being a recount of her own lived experiences and overview of other peoples lived experiences, she documents legitimate historical events and references founded data. I would say it is more accurate to describe this work as: “a sociopolitical overview”. I understand including lived personal experiences factors into how it is categorized. But, unquestionably, “nonfiction book” just does not do it justice.

I am refraining from editing this myself because I think it should be up to the discretion of the author or a more informed party than myself to do so. 208.104.54.123 (talk) 00:14, 21 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]