This book starts off pretty simply, Kendall puts together basic arguments for why things like gun control and solving hunger are feminist issues, and why many times, white women have prioritized proximity to power (whiteness) over the concerns of Black, Brown and Indigenous women. I’ll be honest, the first hundred or so pages of this book felt like a recap to me, but I think that is likely because I made a point to read mainly Black women authors in my nonfiction reading these past few years. If you have read Audre Lorde, Isabel Wilkerson, Layla F Saad, Ijeoma Oluo or Angela Davis, many of Kendall’s themes will be familiar ground.

That doesn’t mean that this book is any less important for me or any other white folks who consider themselves feminists. In fact, I would recommend it as a starting place for readers who may be daunted by Davis or Lorde, or not ready to take on Wilkerson’s Caste or Saad’s Me and White Supremacy. That’s because Kendall does an excellent job of making complicated issues urgent and pointed, while also very easy to understand. The second half of this book contains some of the best writing I’ve read on reproductive justice, healthcare accessibility and the impact of cutting social programs on women and feminine presenting people. Kendall also makes a point of including trans and non-binary people in her considerations, which is a nice change from some of the feminist writing I have encountered recently.