2021: Wow. Very powerful. Definitely consider this as a Level 300 Feminist text. If you made your way through [b:So You Want to Talk About Race|35099718|So You Want to Talk About Race|Ijeoma Oluo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1499224833l/35099718._SX50_.jpg|56405219] and are looking for the next level, this is the book for you.

Kendall starts off VERY strong, and is very accusatory towards white female feminists. None of these accusations are unfounded, but they can be off-putting. Personally, I think that Kendall starts off strong to see which white women take offense, and which give up before they even get into the meat of her arguments. I encourage you to persevere.

It's very frustrating to hear that most of these issues are not being taken seriously, especially in our laws and government, because I agree with all of Kendall's examples being essential and important. Especially after 2020, I completely agree that we need to have unemployment insurance for gig workers, and that child care is essential for all working women!

Kendall provides some excellent contrasting life experiences to our current national policies, and actually managed to change my mind on a couple of topics (never did I ever think that I would switch sides and not be super into a soda tax). Overall, a big takeaway here for me is that our governmental programs should not be so punitive, and as a white woman, I need to do better than to just say "Okay, we have that program in place, what more do you want?" We need to make our programs BETTER and listen to the people who are using the programs in the first place.