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The Basic Needs Feminist

Feminism that starts where life is actually hard.

Move basic needs from the margin to the center and decide what solidarity has to change in real life.

The recurring problem

The movement says empowerment, but the calendar still says groceries, childcare, rent, safety, healthcare, and no time to fall apart.

Hood Feminism offers a practical way to see this problem without pretending your life has unlimited time, money, support, or patience.

A feminism that skips food, housing, healthcare, safety, education, wages, and rest is leaving the actual agenda on the floor.

The method

01

Name the missing need

Put rent, food, safety, care, time, and healthcare on the agenda first.

02

Check who is centered

Measure progress by what changes materially, not only what gets named.

03

Move support into material action

Choose one support that costs something useful.

Read the series

Every chapter, connected to real life.

  1. The Missing Agenda
  2. Who Gets Centered
  3. Material Safety
  4. Respect the Local Problem
  5. Solidarity With Receipts
  6. The Basic Needs Test

Expanded guide

Summaries, takeaways, and ten ways to use the ideas.

A deeper guide to Hood Feminism, written for smart people with actual responsibilities.

Read the expanded teachings

Notes for a feminism that can survive the grocery bill.

Short, sharp notes that turn the source ideas into useful questions, scripts, and experiments.

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